[nagdu] always taking the dog was guide dogs

[Steve Johnson]

Thank you, it was indeed sudden, but peaceful.  

Your description of your guides are my 3 black lab guides to a tee!  I have
found myself over the years stopping at at a cut curb where a large puddle
of water awaits.  I drop the harness handle, turn to the dog, and say in
public...*you are a lab, you are supposed to like water!* which always gets
some rather interesting chuckles from the larger public!  However, I have
always said that my black labs would look great with a nice rooster pheasant
or drake mallard in their mouth.  I have always said that I would get my old
retired black lab guide out for one last pheasant hunt just to see what he
would do, and as he approaches 12.5, his time and my time are limited in me
helping him in achieving this dream!

Thanks for sharing,

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Charlene Ota
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:43 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] always taking the dog was guide dogs

Steve, first, sorry about your Dad. Must not be an easy thing if he passed
unexpectedly.

However, got to add to your comments about the hunting dogs. Some cousins
got acquainted with  my black lab when we visited them over a year ago in
Minnesota. Darin particularly just thought he was the best! At the dinner
table one evening he jokingly said he'd offer me $25 for his new hunting
dog! Here's a grown man, laying on the floor in the living room hugging my
big boy! So, when we went on to Grand Forks for a meeting, we got out of the
car and wouldn't you know, there was a big puddle to get across to get to
the sidewalk to go into the hotel. Irish stood there and wouldn't go any
further and my other cousin told me there was a really big puddle. I had to
get across it myself and then he took a big leap over it. So I called Darin
and told him about his so-called hunting dog, not much of one if you ask me!
I't skind of stuck with Irish ever since, too, not much of a hunting dog are
you, boy! I figured all labs love water, but this boy doesn't like puddlews
and he doesn't want anything to do with the rain either.

Charlene

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Steve Johnson
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 2:37 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] always taking the dog was guide dogs

Hi,

Coincidentily, I did take my guide Misha to a funeral a week ago today.  My
dad suddenly passed, and he was buried with military honors.  Although I
knew that there would be a 21-gun salute, it did not register in my head for
some reason; guess it was a lot to handle as I reflect back.  It was my
dad's funeral though, and he would have wanted her there too.  She shook so
bad, and I can hear my dad say, what kind of a hunting dog is she anyway?
We are from a hunting fishing family and those thoughts consumed my mind the
rest of the day.


Steve & Misha 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie J
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 2:29 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] always taking the dog was guide dogs

Linda,

Actually I've never taken a guide of mine to a funeral, so no bad experience
to relate.

Typically I am not in a mental state to be effectively working with my guide
dog.  I choose to save us both from undo stress.  I don't go to funerals
unless they are close family members.  It's not a dog thing, it's just a
weird Julie thing! *smile*

HTH
Julie 



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