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

Tue Dec 27 01:41:31 UTC 2011

Yah Dave!  Holly looks a lot better!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane


> Gee, Dave, that is downright offensive. <Giggle>
>
> On Dec 26, 2011, at 3:48 PM, David Andrews wrote:
>
>> At the risk of offending you I will say that 1. it has been said that 
>> people and their pets often come to look alike, and 2. I have a fat cat!
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 10:51 AM 12/26/2011, you wrote:
>>> 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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