[nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane

Mon Dec 26 17:59:12 UTC 2011

That's just what I did want, an appricot poodle!  I would enjoy the 
contrast!  A big muscular dude with an appricot poodle!  But I think that 
looking like one would just be too much of a contrast for a dude!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane


> Larry,
>
> Some people honestly believe that I perm my hair so that I will look more 
> like my poodle. I am not making that up. I would have an easier time 
> pointing out the absurdities in this assumption and why I find it 
> shockingly offensive and insulting if only I didn't just bust up laughing 
> uncontrollably every time. /lol/ Even if I won the lottery and thus had 
> the time and money to  engage in that sort of vanity, I would have my hair 
> straightened so I don't look so much like a freakin- poodle. Teehee. When 
> I was still married to Mr. Allergy and looking into poodles as guides --  
> which seemed crazy to me, but whaddaya do? -- my great fear was that I 
> would end up with an apricot poodle that matched my hair color too 
> closely. My chances of ever being taken seriously at work and business or 
> as a math major or in Rotary or as a community leader would have been gone 
> for good. /lol/ Dignity? I think not!
>
> Tami
>
> On 12/25/2011 05:39 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>> Tami, you sure got conned! Poodlees and even there mixes are sort of
>> like those laze potatoe chips! You can never stop at one and constantly
>> look for more! By the way, I sure hope the poodle in Holly isn't showing
>> on me! It wouldn't go well on this dude!
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Kinney" 
>> <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 5:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane
>>
>>
>>> William,
>>>
>>> I'm a poodle addict! /lol/ Once you've tried out your first one...
>>> /lol/ Mitzi poodle is a 5.5 year old owner-trained guide. I obtained
>>> her from a private breeder in my State who listened to my babbling
>>> over the phone about what I wanted in a companion dog in light of my
>>> plan to get a guide dog at some time in the future, and with such an
>>> attentive audience, I went on to blurt out that if the companion dog
>>> turned out to have the right stuff, I would just train it to guide
>>> myself....
>>>
>>> "I have exactly the right dog for you," she interrupted.
>>>
>>> She was right. Instead of the large red male we had been discussing, I
>>> took the small black female she recommended. She, it turned out, had
>>> donated a couple of pups to a west coast guide dog training program
>>> getting a poodle line going, so she knew the temperament tests and
>>> what to look for in a guide dog prospect. Mitzi had the right stuff!
>>> And then some. The breeder has since donated some breeding dogs of
>>> related lines to that same guide dog program, and when I meet a poodle
>>> or doodle guide from there I always wonder if we should call it 'cuz.
>>> /lol/
>>>
>>> Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. My plan for Mitzi's
>>> retirement replacement is either poodle or dobie, and I definitely
>>> want to owner train again. The mutt [puppy who chose my partner (DD
>>> for Daisy's dad from his still much missed coonhound) and which he
>>> chose at the same instant keeps demonstrating that she has the right
>>> stuff, so... We've started just adding those little extras with a view
>>> that I will train her to guide for the next two years or so, just in
>>> case Mitzi decides to hang up her harness before I plan for her to.
>>> /smile/ So at least now I know what I will be doing for fun and
>>> entertainment in my spare time for the next two years. Of course, with
>>> such an excellent professional older sister to learn from, Zay has a
>>> much better chance of success than Mitzi did with a first time guide
>>> dog user as a trainer, whom she then had to train to be a respectable
>>> handler right at the start of her own career. /lol/ And so, the
>>> adventure continues.
>>>
>>> Tami
>>>
>>> On 12/24/2011 10:21 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>>> What breed of dog do most of you use?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Vandervest"
>>>> <timelord09 at att.net>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 1:18 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello, I got my 1st dog from Leader Dogs for the Blind and brought him
>>>>> home on June 23rd 2011, he is a black lab named Lynard and i am VERY
>>>>> satisfied with him and with the training i recieved at Leader
>>>>> William And LD Lynard
>>>>>
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