[nagdu] work. school. energy and time

[Doug Parisian]

Gosh, looking at all this free-floating anxiety about training with a dog 
guide makes me feel like I have something wrong with me.  Other than my 
first few days getting my first dog at TSE way back in 1977, I've found all 
my experiences (five so far) to be more like a real great holiday--no meals 
to cook, nothing to clean, didn't even have to make my bed though after 12 
years of blind school imprisonment this is a built-in action, no shopping, 
new people on whom to inflict my strange sense of humour, the fun of coming 
together with a new dog--and I've probably missed something.

As for working while on my various holidays, I ran a business through a 
combination of email and colling cards, probably averaging about 4 hours a 
day in terms of total working time.

My only frustration about my training experiences was the constant whining 
and complaining from that select few who did little more than complain about 
their dogs, could get lost in their own rooms, complained about a total 
walking time of at the very most 3 hours a day, etc etc etc

Doug: we're all goin' on a summer holiday...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] work. school. energy and time


> Yep, having trained with 6 dogs now, I know what to expect.  I expect to
> be way more tired by the end of the day than I would usually be!  You'd
> think it would get easier, but it doesn't, at least not for me or my
> friends.
>
> I really appreciated that, at TSE, students can stay in the dorm when
> they're not out on trips, instead of being cooped up in a training lounge.
> Knowing that, next time, I might be able to tell my boss I could do some
> work.  But it still wouldn't be much.
> Liz, good luck with your new dog!
>
> Tracy
>
>
>> I definitely think that managing time is easier with subsequent dogs than
>> with your first, because you have an idea of what will be expected of you
>> in
>> training that first-time handlers just don't have. I will be going into
>> class on Monday to train with my third guide, and will have to miss a 
>> week
>> of school in doing so, even with the shorter, accelerated training 
>> option.
>> I'm trying to at least get a head-start on some of the reading so that I
>> don't have to worry about it while in class.
>>
>> Liz
>>
>> E-mail: liziswhatis at hotmail.com
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