[nagdu] School Applications

Thu Sep 8 18:57:49 UTC 2011

That's a poodle thing. They just have to watch what's going on,
especially who's coming and going. Life is easier once one learns to
work that into seating arrangements. /smile/

Tami 

On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 12:53 -0400, Larry D. Keeler wrote: 
> Not Holly!  She has to sit on the bus and try and creep up to watch everyone 
> get on!  She doesn't usually lie down unfortunately!  She does everywhere 
> else though!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "GARY STEEVES" <rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] School Applications
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi Tami:
> >
> > Oh, yeah, the poodle natural tendancy  to slowly expand once lying down is 
> > just too much fun at rush hour on the bus. I was on a super crowded bus 
> > last week and bogart had lied down. I then usually have to sort of slide 
> > him back a bit to put his butt under the seat better but still his paws 
> > and head are sticking out. I just don't trust zoned out people and it 
> > would be a a drag if someone stepped on his paw but his head??? So I 
> > reachedown and lifted bogarts heead up and said pay attention. He did for 
> > a minute or two and then decided that there was nothing to pay attention 
> > to and put his head back on the floor between everyones feet. Big Sigh! So 
> > then I lifted his head and lifted my foot up so I had my toes in the air 
> > and heal on the ground and set Bogart's head on my now higher up toe. He 
> > found this an acceptaable arrangement. The fellow next to me said "He 
> > would be a good dog if he could just learn to relax eh?" which we both had 
> > a big chuckle about. Bogart certainly has relaxing on the bus down to a 
> > science when he feels like it.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tami Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> > Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011 8:46 am
> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] School Applications
> > To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> >
> >> Yup. So I do like hearing from Pilot grads to learn more about their
> >> interactions with that program and the dogs they get. In the
> >> guide dog
> >> world at large, they seem to have a mixed reputation these days. In
> >> another 4 or 5 years? Who knows! Also, since I don't have a medical
> >> reason for a poodle, I may not even then be able to get one
> >> through a
> >> program, depending on supply and demand. I'm also watching Guide
> >> Dog of
> >> the Desert out here, since I guess you can get a poodle from
> >> them just
> >> because you want one, if you're willing for the extra wait. The people
> >> with a medical need for one will, naturally, take precedent.
> >> Still, it's
> >> an interesting new avenue to consider... I honestly do want to
> >> owner-train again, but one needs to have a lot of factors in
> >> place to do
> >> that... So I like watching options evolve. Of course, another
> >> reason I'm
> >> interested in Pilot is because they do produce some dobie
> >> guides. They
> >> are my strong second choice, except at grooming time when I'm
> >> mournfullyemptying my wallet to pay the groomer. /smile/ Then of
> >> course, I am
> >> reunited with my freshly shaved and cleaned and very happy
> >> poodle and
> >> can't imagine why I would want anything but her! /smile/
> >>
> >> I did finally meet a young giant schnauzer, watching him follow Mitzi
> >> around -- after she poodle slapped him into submission. He was ten
> >> months, still not neutered, so I guess she wanted to be sure he
> >> understood the rules. He adored her for that, which totally
> >> cracked me
> >> and everybody else up. The owner was well informed about the
> >> breed, so I
> >> got a lot of good information. Then I noted that the pup was leaning
> >> against me at a little above mid-thigh and still had another growth
> >> spurt or two in him before he was done with skeletal growth and
> >> startedto fill out.,.. Oh, that's why everybody was going on
> >> about the size of
> >> his feet. Yikes! Well, some poodle guides get pretty big, as do some
> >> doodle guides... I love big, big dogs, frankly, but... Where do
> >> you put
> >> all that when you're trying to ride the bus? There's a new
> >> doodle guide
> >> user here with a big fella, so I need to break down and ask her.
> >> I can't
> >> figure out what to do with my 55-pounder that's really satisfactory.
> >> She's all legs. So when the bus or train is crowded, even in the
> >> HonoredCitizen (ha
> >> !) section, I spend my ride time feeling troubled about all the poodle
> >> leg I have to keep up with to keep them safe, while I"m pretty
> >> sure the
> >> poodle with all the legs wishes I would just let her relax a bit and
> >> just stop fussing.  /lol/ Unfortunately, when she settles
> >> down safely
> >> and starts to relax, there go the legs! And then the nose and
> >> ... I
> >> should have got it figured out by now, I really should have, but now
> >> when I see a good example of any breed that might be considered
> >> as a
> >> guide dog, my fist thought is how to fit it on the bus! /lol/
> >>
> >> And I do enjoy watching the labbies at work. Especially the
> >> yellow ones,
> >> since they're about the only dogs I can pick up manners and behaviors
> >> and movements of, as well as the golden eyes because of the
> >> contrast. /smile/ It's really easy to see why they are so
> >> numerous, and
> >> why the goldens are and the mix of the two. They always seem to
> >> be just
> >> so ... easy. Comparatively. /smile/ A yellow lab user who was quite
> >> taken with Mitzi, jokingly offered to trade dogs not too long
> >> ago. I
> >> found myself thinking that one over. The lab was younger than
> >> Mitzi and
> >> about a zillion times less busy. Sweet personality, still some
> >> 'tude out
> >> of harness, playful. Certainly a good guide still learning not
> >> to be too
> >> strong for the handler, but obviously by now pretty easy and
> >> they work
> >> together in an interesting way as a team that appears to work really
> >> well. But compared to my adored and adorable poodle guide, just
> >> totallylaid back. Would I like a taste of the quiet life, I
> >> wondered? Nah...
> >> When I'm ready for the quiet life, then I look forward to having
> >> such a
> >> lab or that mellow -- in my view -- lab type. But for now, I'll stick
> >> with the wild and crazy poodle life. /smile/
> >>
> >> Besides, the poodle would drive my friend crazy in no time. Teehee.
> >>
> >> Tami
> >>
> >> On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 18:38 -0400, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
> >> > Of course, if you want a poodle Pilot is the place sence they
> >> actually breed
> >> > them there instead of waiting for donations.  However, I
> >> think that the
> >> > doodles are donated.
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> >> > To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 5:28 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] School Applications
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > Gary,
> >> > >
> >> > > Turns out there are a bunch of people with dogs from Guide
> >> Dogs of the
> >> > > Desert here in Oregon. Not all are poodles or doodles, but
> >> they do seem
> >> > > to have some good poodle lines these days. Still a long wait
> >> for a
> >> > > poodle, but the handlers with GDD dogs all seem really happy
> >> with their
> >> > > experience. And with the trainer that seems to work with
> >> many grads in
> >> > > this area. So it's fun getting to learn more about that
> >> program, which
> >> > > is pretty small still. Except for GDB, it seems like I have
> >> learned a
> >> > > whole lot about the programs east of the Mississippi,
> >> because that's
> >> > > where so many of the guide dog users I know are from. Huh.
> >> > >
> >> > > Anyway, I don't know what the wait for GDD is with other
> >> breeds, but
> >> > > they still say to plan for about a year for a poodle. Apparently,
> >> > > though, you don't *have* to have a medical need for one;
> >> however, you
> >> > > will have to wait longer, This from the poodle and doodle
> >> users around
> >> > > here. Anyway, that's the scoop.
> >> > >
> >> > > Tami
> >> > >
> >> > > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 12:38 -0700, GARY STEEVES wrote:
> >> > >> Hi Meranda applied at 3 schools. I was looking for a poodle
> >> so was
> >> > >> limited in which schools could help. I got my paperwork
> >> into all the
> >> > >> schools in August or september and got Bogart in the
> >> following may. I
> >> > >> also had heard back from guide dogs of the desert and would
> >> have been
> >> > >> accepted into a fall class with them which would have been
> >> about a year
> >> > >> waiting. When applying for a poodle I had prepared myself
> >> for such long
> >> > >> waits so was happy with how quick it was.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> My suggestion is to look at which schools meet the majority
> >> of the needs
> >> > >> you have and what you find important and apply to them. It
> >> is always
> >> > >> good, if possible, to talk to grads from different programs
> >> to get their
> >> > >> feelings on the school as long as you remember that
> >> everyone is
> >> > >> different so their impressions will vary as well.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Gary
> >> > >>
> >> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> > >> From: Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com>
> >> > >> Date: Monday, September 5, 2011 2:57 pm
> >> > >> Subject: Re: [nagdu] School Applications
> >> > >> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
> >> Dog Users"
> >> > >> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> >> > >>
> >> > >> > Hi Miranda.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > When I was applying to schools, I applied to more than
> >> > >> > one.  I took
> >> > >> > the one that accepted me the quickest.  I am a
> >> student and
> >> > >> > was at the
> >> > >> > time I went to get a guide dog, so I needed somewhere
> >> that could place
> >> > >> > me in the Summer.  It all depends.  I got an
> >> interview> >> > in a month and
> >> > >> > a half or so, and then I went to  class 2 months after
> >> > >> > that.  I think
> >> > >> > it usually takes longer though.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > I did call to check on my application, so I know it's not
> >> > >> > abnormal to
> >> > >> > call and check on things.  It is also easy if you
> >> can email
> >> > >> > someone in
> >> > >> > admissions to ask them the status of your home interview--
> >> if it has
> >> > >> > been planned yet...  I don't there would be anything wrong
> >> > >> > with this.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Good luck!
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > On 9/5/11, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > >> > > Well, all I can say is if they don't, call again. First of
> >> > >> > all, I suspect
> >> > >> > > that sometimes these things go slower because of
> >> vacations and
> >> > >> > the like.
> >> > >> > > Sometimes they send trainers and the trainers are also
> >> > >> > training dogs and the
> >> > >> > > like. I think it would nbe helpful if they would let us know
> >> > >> > some kind of
> >> > >> > > time line.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > >
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> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > -- 
> >> > >> > Julie McG
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