[nagdu] a little help calming me down please

rhonda cruz rhondaprincess at gmail.com
Sun Dec 2 04:01:08 UTC 2012 

Hello i hope that you have a nice class training.
 positive hugs your way.


On Dec 1, 2012, at 5:03 AM, mary wurtzel wrote:

> Dear Daniel,
> Lyn's advice is so right on!!!
> I understand so well how you are feeling.  In 2004 I was sent home from a guide dog schl because I was falling.  Unlike you, I didn't have a dog who didn't work out  well, but my self esteem was down to zero.
> This past February,  2012 I finally received my beauitiful balance dog, my black lab male, Felix.   The first time I fell in trainIng, I started crying.  I knew they would send me home.  My trainer stuck with me and said that she was going to be there for me to succeed.  I didn't have a brace on my left leg that worked properly, and the people at the schl helped me get it fixed.  They still worked with me even though I couldn't go as far as many of the other students in my class could walk.  I even fell and got a black eye.
> Please have a great training time at your schl.  May you have a wonderful new dog.  I will pray for you.
> Sincerely,
> Mary and Felix
> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:23:42 -0800
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] a little help calming me down please
> 
>> Hi Daniel,
>> Remember, this new dog isn't Scout.  Just relax and start with a 
> new slate.
>> I don't remember what Scout's problems were but I do remember you 
> talking
>> about his failure to work properly.  It was obvious that Scout 
> didn't want
>> to be a guide.
> 
>> While you are at school, be sure to talk to the trainers or the 
> counsellor -
>> if they still have one - about your fears.  Talk to your trainer 
> so they can
>> take special care to get you the right dog that you can learn to 
> trust.  The
>> fact that you are willing to try again is good.  Work with the 
> dog in the
>> manner you are trained to at the school and continue that when 
> you come home
>> with the dog.
> 
>> Ask any question or concern you have WHILE STILL AT SCHOOL.  No 
> question is
>> stupid and no concern is unfounded.  You feel them - ask.  That 
> way, you can
>> go home with your new dog feeling confident and ready for the new 
> working
>> relationship.  Do as the trainer tells you with the dog.  He or 
> she knows
>> that dog better than you do and knows how to work that dog.  
> Don't get lax
>> in your obedience routine with that dog.  Do not deviate from 
> what you learn
>> at school.  the dog needs that continuity to feel comfortable in 
> being with
>> strangers in a strange place.  You will be the only person the 
> dog knows and
>> will need that consistancy in its life.
> 
>> I wish you well.
> 
>> Lyn and Landon
>> "Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Daniel" <daniel.sweeney1 at comcast.net
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
> Users'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 10:15 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] a little help calming me down please
> 
> 
>>> Hi everyone,
> 
> 
> 
>>> I have not been on the list in quite a long time.  Some of you 
> may remember
>>> me.  My nam is Daniel and I had the guide dog that didn't, named 
> Scout.
>>> Well,
>>> Scout retired back to the school he came from back in February 
> of this
>>> year.
>>> I went back and forth over whether to do this all over again, 
> but doing it
>>> again won over.
> 
>>> I applied to GDB back in July, and was accepted.  I leave this 
> Sunday
>>> morning
>>> for my 2 week training.  I should be very excited and happy, 
> which I am,
>>> but
>>> I am also having extreme anxiety attacks.  I assume this is 
> normal, I just
>>> don't remember them being this bad before.
> 
>>> Do you think it is because the last dog did not work out so 
> well, and I am
>>> worried? Even while I am sitting here typing, I am shaking like 
> a fool.
> 
>>> I am going to the Oregon campus.  It is supposed to be cold and 
> rainy, and
>>> I
>>> am leaving Denver, which is 60 degrees and sunny, maybe that is 
> part of
>>> it.
>>> Maybe it is I have been without a dog/companion for 10months, 
> and I forgot
>>> what it is like to have a dog again.
> 
>>> I have been reading everyone's post lately, and relishing in all 
> the
>>> stories
>>> of dogs in trash, scarfing up snippets of food, stress and 
> massage, and
>>> getting the dog for more exercise.  All of these things I am so 
> looking
>>> forward to, with a dog that will not take me into a pond, pull 
> me over a
>>> shopping cart, and most of all, walk me behind a moving truck to 
> be hit
>>> and
>>> knocked into a road of traffic.
> 
>>> I have learned very much from having a dog before.  I know what 
> is not
>>> acceptable from the start, which is something I did not know the 
> first
>>> time.
> 
>>> I also know that this is not the same dog, and I am going into 
> this with
>>> full trust in my new dog.  I will have faith in this dog and 
> praise her/him
>>> from the beginning for every good move and have no negative 
> feelings for
>>> any
>>> unwanted behavior.  I feel that enough time has elapsed to let 
> go of the
>>> problems that Scout and I experienced.
> 
>>> I guess what I am seeking from you guys is just a few words of
>>> encouragement.  I do so look forward to talking to all of you 
> again, and
>>> sharing all of my successes and funny stories in the future.
> 
>>> Thanks for being there for me in the past, and I look forward to 
> be here
>>> for
>>> you in the future.
> 
>>> May the powers that be bless all of you now, especially in this 
> season of
>>> thanksgiving, friendship, sharing, and celebration of all we 
> have in
>>> common?
> 
> 
> 
>>> Daniel.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>> Daniel Sweeney
> 
>>> Lakewood, CO
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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