[nagdu] Hi Becky was re:ew guide dog user with questions

Tue Aug 14 13:31:50 UTC 2012

hello becky. wellcome to the list. my name is rhonda. and i'm working
my first piolt dog. she is a german sheppard. and also she is five
years old. and we've been together  4 3 years. it will be 3 years 4 us
in stempeter. 9 2009. we live in calfornia. with my familly.
 we are thinking of in the  pocess of moveing to oh.
 to live with my partner and his guide dog. well. i will go for now. i
look  to reading about your adventurs with your guide dog.forward. 3

On 8/14/12, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Becky, Welcome to our list. Its awesome your currently in training with
> your pup. Please keep us updated on yoru prgress. Good luck!
>
>
> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 14, 2012, at 10:51 PM, "becky sabo" <beckyasabo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a trainer from Guiding eyes for the blind here in Colorado working
>> with me.
>> Becky Sabo
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 8:50 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] new guide dog user with questions
>>
>> Are you training your own dog or is a school working with you?
>>
>> Cindy Lou
>>
>> On Aug 14, 2012, at 9:46 PM, becky sabo wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> This is Becky Sabo.  I have a new guide dog that I am working.  I am
>>> doing home training.  I have not had a dog for a year and when I
>>> started my dog on Saturday it felt weird using the harnest but soon it
>>> was good.  I feel that we are a very good working team for a very short
>> time.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
>>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 4:17 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] new guide dog user with questions
>>>
>>> Not just new handlers, but older ones, too, with new dogs. It's an
>>> issue for me, too, every time, to one extent or another. But, it gets
>>> better, and you'll be working together so smoothly you won't remember
>>> anything else, before you know it. BTW, yes, you handled the
>>> correction thing perfectly. In fact, probably better than I would,
>>> this being an honest assessment of myself.
>>> --
>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mona,
>>>>
>>>> Trust with your pup will come in time. All new handlers deal with the
>>> trust of a new pup, some quicker than others. I would say check with
>>> your foot, but then transition to using your cane for the checking.
>>> And after a while, after your have been traveling in the same areas
>>> for a while, you won't need to check. The pups are trained to stay in
>>> the middle of the sidewalk, and to take you from curb to curb.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck, and if you have other questions, ask away!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Ramona Davidson
>>>> <ramonadavidson88 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks everyone for all the wonderful replies, I'll clarify, when
>>>>> talking about checking the kerbed to make sure I wasn't in the
>>>>> street, it's mainly just after I've crossed a blended drive way or
>>>>> if I'm in an unfamiliar location. One place we were walking had the
>>>>> parking lot blended with the sidewalk, so to make sure we weren't
>>>>> veering in too far to the parking lot I'd stop and check to the side
>>>>> with my foot to make sure. Note: this is clearly a trust issue with
>>>>> me because he's never ever! Been too far from the curb.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/13/12, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> i know that she is on the sidewalk, and not checking the curb
>>>>>> because of country work. Guess it would depend on how much a person
>>>>>> checks for the curb. And what kind of sidewalk it is. Depends on
>>>>>> what
>>> should be done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The kind of checking for the curb, from what I understood, is not
>>>>>>> the same as country work. She is on the sidewalk and going off to
>>>>>>> check where the street is. That isn't the same as being trained
>>>>>>> for
>>> country work, I think.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CL
>>>>>>>
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>>>>> --
>>>>> Mona
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