[nagdu] Introducing Us Finally

[Laurel]

Hi Ava,
Welcome to the group. I'm Laurel and I have a yellow lab female named
Stockard from GDB. You'll make lots of friends here and get lots of
good advice I'm sure, I know you've been on here, but welcome anyway.
Where are you from? I live in Texas.
Laurel and Stockard

On 4/22/12, Ava Foster <avapup.7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hiya /smile/. I've sort of been lurking here for a while, sometimes
> posting but figure no one has a clue who I am. My name's Ava, I'm 31,
> and partnered with my 2nd owner-trained dog. After a car accident back
> in 2001, I lost most of my peripheral vision and my central vison was
> mostly just colors and very shaky. I was blessed to have a pet dog who
> took to the job like she was born for it. A service dog trainer (not a
> guide dog trainer) helped me with some things, and family and friends
> with others. That was Jet, my big Rough Collie (24" tall, 31" long!)
> who retired early due to spay incontinence (she was hyper-sensitive to
> the meds). While working wth Jet, I developed Meniere's Disease, and
> began to quickly lose my sense of balance and hearing. So while my
> daytime vision eventually improved - mostly - my night vision was left
> more or less useless. I now am partnered with Cocoa, a 23" tall, 67lb
> yellow Lab, who was trained with the help of a service dog program as
> a hearing dog first, and then owner-trained as a guide. She luckily
> took to it too, once she realized she could not sniff everything...and
> everyone /smile/. Jet passed in 2010. Ava is now 8 years old. I will
> never owner train again. I am honestly too afraid laws wll be passed
> requiring some type of school certification. I know I won't qualify
> for a guide dog, since I only use Cocoa's guide skills when it is
> dark, unless my daytime vison also becomes legally blind again as it
> was after the accident. I have recently lost a lot more color vision.
> Anyway, this is our intro! I used to belong to NFB but stopped when my
> vision improved; I felt guilty for staying a member I think! * Ava and
> Cocoa the Great!
>
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