[nagdu] Amount of walking

[Jewel S.]

Hey Julie,

I read about owner training in Partners in Independence, but didn't
know anyone who had done it. Did you owner train the other two, or
were they from a guide dog school? If from a guide dog school, what
was the difference for you? Which do you prefer overall, and why did
you chose the dog you did? Did you hire an independent guide dog
trainer to assist you in training your guide dog, or did you do it all
yourself?

It sounds like a really neat thing to train your own guide dog. A
closer bond, perhaps, and more choice on how the dog is trained.

Thank you for the welcome. I am all over the places these days! I
think I'm on a total of about 5 different NFB groups, and a number of
others, including the Google group, Blind Bloggers. I really love
learning from others, and I wanted to get more involved with the NFB.
Not that I'm not involved with the NFB, just want to be -more-
involved. I'm the sort who likes to do all sorts of things all at
once. Unfortunately, with my physical disability (nerve damage,
specifically), my doing everything everywhere is limited to
non-physical activities, so a lot of my time is spent reading books
and using my computer to learn, research, and chat with people. That
will change in the fall with college, but I still won't be doing much
physical stuff, just walking. Never will be able to do sports, never
have been able t, really.

~Jewel

On 3/11/10, Julie J <julielj at windstream.net> wrote:
> Welcome Jewel!
>
> It's good to see you over here.  I saw your message on the blind talk list.
>
> I'm Julie, the moderator of the list.  I am working with my third dog who I
> owner trained.  He's a very large lab and Boxer cross named Monty.
>
> Again welcome!  Feel free to ask away with any questions.
> Julie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Amount of walking
>
>
>>I thought I'd make a comment here. I'm really impressed by the
>> gentleman who said he walks 8 miles a day! That's a lot of walking.
>> I'm not sure how much I walk, though it's not -that- much! I try to
>> get in a mile or two each day, use public transit as much as I can,
>> even though we have a great accessible transportation system through
>> taxis, and hope that having a guide dog will encourage me to walk even
>> more. I've heard that it does, and I know I will enjoy walking more
>> when I have company. I've tried walking with my cat...she will do it,
>> but she'd rather walk toward home than away, so it'll only works well
>> on the return trip *sigh*
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
>> On 3/11/10, Joy Relton <jrelton at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Oh Tracy,
>>>
>>> I think that I'm going to be discovering a different level of walking
>>> needed
>>> for my new partner when we are matched so that one to two miles that I
>>> usually walk might not cut any more. I know that Belle would insist that
>>> we
>>> get out and walk and it was always better for both of us. It is true that
>>>
>>> as
>>> the dog puts on a few years their need for long walks on a daily basis
>>> lessens but the need a regular walking of some kind definitely continues.
>>>
>>> It
>>> does for us as well.
>>>
>>>
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