[nagdu] Sad news

[Debbie Cole]

Lyn

Thunder Dog is on Amazon.com.  I'm getting ready to order it, myself.
I don't know about the Braille version though.
Debbie & Leone

On 12/18/12, Lyn Gwizdak <linda.gwizdak at cox.net> wrote:
> Thanks, Mike.  We don't have a long enough time with these great dogs we
> get.  Jake had a great retirement - five healthy years with his new family.
>
> I still need to get your book, Thunder Dog.  Hope I can find it at B&N.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> "Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hingson" <info at michaelhingson.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Sad news
>
>
>> 14 years?  Jake had a great life and crossed on his own terms.  I am sure
>> you will miss him as does his owner, but he gave all of you lots of
>> memories.
>>
>> Hi Lyn,
>>
>> Wow!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lyn Gwizdak
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:07 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Sad news
>>
>> Hi All,
>> I've been on this list for several years back when I had my yellow Lab,
>> Jacob.  Some of you may remember when i had him - from Sept 1999 to Oct
>> 2007.  I got word that he passed away last Monday (Dec 3rd) at the ripe
>> old
>> age of 14.  He would have been 15 this past Thursday, Dec 13th.
>>
>> Jake was living here in San Diego County with a lady who goes to the
>> church
>> I used to attend.  She told me that Jake was fairly healthy up until very
>> recently and he died at home on his own.
>>
>> When I started to go to the church in 2000, this lady and Jake had a
>> thing
>> for each other.  She told me that Jake would peek out from under the pew
>> at
>> her - especially if she arrived a bit late to services! LOL!  She wanted
>> to
>> adopt him when he retired.  Wwell, she had to wait til October of 2007 -
>> seven years - to get him and he joined her family which now included a
>> rescue German Shepherd and her husband.  Her grown children and their
>> families enjoyed Jake as well.
>>
>> When I talked to this lady today, she was still sad and we talked for a
>> long
>> time.  She asked me to keep her in mind when I retire Landon and I said I
>> would.  Jake and Landon met only once in 2008 when Jake came to the Naval
>> hospital to be photographed with the team members of the pet assisted
>> therapy we did there.  Jake outlasted the other three dogs in that
>> program
>> and not the program is gone.  Landon had two years in the program with
>> one
>> of the original dogs and another new guide.  I last saw Jake when the
>> lady
>> brought him to church one Sunday in 2008.
>>
>> How quickly time goes by.  Landon had his seventh birthday on Nov 20th.
>> He
>> has a white face now but is still young at heart!
>>
>> Lyn and Landon
>> "Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "consuelo johnson" <consuelo.johnson050 at gmail.com>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 3:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] second time is the charm
>>
>>
>>> Congraduation to you and your new partner and may you have many year of
>>> service with her.  My name is consuelo and I just received my seventh
>>> dog
>>> from a home school program.  She is a female daveman pitcher who's two
>>> year
>>> old
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
>>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 3:39 PM
>>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>>> Subject: [nagdu] second time is the charm
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am a graduate of the final class of 2012 at Guide Dogs for the Blind
>>> in
>>> Portland, Oregon.
>>>
>>> I have received my second guide, Cass, a 53lb., 23" high, yellow
>>> Labrador
>>> whose second birthday is coming up on December 23rd.
>>>
>>> All I can say is the second time is the charm. She is everything my
>>> previous
>>> guide was not. She is confident, well-paced, and so well trained that it
>>> makes me want to cry.
>>>
>>> We never even came close to an obstacle in training, whether day or
>>> night.
>>> She is perfectly attentive to me.
>>>
>>> We got home yesterday, and had our first outing this morning for a
>>> little
>>> mile walk. She made every curb, driveway, missed every bush and mailbox.
>>>
>>> I have just received the best Christmas present I could have ever
>>> dreamed
>>> of.
>>>
>>> More later as we progress from off the leash in the house to partial
>>> freedom, and all the usual breaking in. Oh, what a beautiful day!
>>>
>>> Thanks to all of you who encouraged me not to judge all guides on my
>>> first
>>> bad experience with Scout. Although he was truly loved, I am sure he is
>>> happy as the Disney dog and family friend he always wanted to be.
>>>
>>> Wishing all of you the best this holiday season!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel and his new love, Cass
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel Sweeney
>>>
>>> Lakewood, CO
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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