[nagdu] hello from a new member.

[rhonda cruz]

bibi.
odie sounds  like a good guide.
smile.
Mite have to try that breed after mya retires.





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>From: "Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire" 
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>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
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>Date sent: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:08:07 -0700
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] hello from a new member.

>Hi, Rhonda,
>Congrads to you and Mya being your first guide dog from Pilot 
Dogs.
>May the two of you have many more working years together.
>Odie was my third guide dog, but the second one through Pilot 
Dogs directly.
>He's an eight-year-old hybrid German black lab with a 
rottwiller's head and
>a long-gated hinge like jaw which I call it the pit bull's mouth.
>He worked as my guide dog for five and a half years from March 
28, 2005 to
>September, 2010 last year.
>he retired due to degenerative disc disease.
>I'm in the process of doing a refresher mobility course and 
hopefully after
>it's all said and done, I can train at GDF for my next successor 
dog.
>They turned me down the first time, claiming that I didn't have 
good
>orientation and mobility skills.
>If me doing the refresher doesn't work out and I'm still 
rejected, then i'll
>have to result into owner training.
>As for Odie, he's now a medical alert service dog since he's 
medically saved
>my husband's life three times in a row.
>*Smiles*
>Bibi and Odie
>the happy spirited bounty labra wolf


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