[nagdu] First Time Guide Dog User

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Welcome, Gloria.
I'm Lyn and am a long time guide dog user - sinse 1973.  I am working my 
eighth dog, Landon from The Seeing Eye.  Landon and I live in San Diego and 
are involved in pet assisted therapy with our local Humane Society and our 
local military hospital.  We enjoy it very much - and so do the folks we 
visit!

Landon is a five year old Lab/Golden cross.

Do you live in CA or Oregon?  I have friends here who have GDB dogs and they 
went to the Oregon campus and they loved it.  To prepare, be aware of the 
weather and bring rain gear.  Bring good sturdy walking shoes and comfy 
clothes.

Everything else, you'll be taught by your instructors - they want you to 
suceed with your new dog.  Also be truthful and ask questions no matter how 
trivial you think them to be.  Be very clear with your needs in a dog, your 
envirnment and lifestyle - they use this info to select the best dog for 
you.

Enjoy your time at school and your new dog.  Don't forget, you can always 
pick our brains on this list - there are many people from all walks of life 
and with all kinds of experience and we're all happy to help if you ask us!

Cheers,

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 2:14 PM
Subject: [nagdu] First Time Guide Dog User


> Hi,
> My name is Gloria and I live in Iowa. I will be a first time guide dog 
> user once I began training at the Guide Dogs for the Blind school in Organ 
> in a couple of weeks. I am both excited and nervous about this new 
> relationship with a guide dog. I was told by a friend of mine about this 
> list serve and became very interested. I am hoping someone could give me 
> suggestions on how to best prepare for a guide and things I should be 
> aware of that I might not have thought of. I am grateful for any help that 
> can be given.
> Gloria
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