[nagdu] new reader

Kelly Snyder kelly.snyder428 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 26 17:46:35 UTC 2012


Hello Eve!
Welcome to this wonderful list!!
I currently am working with my secund cross from GDF- Guide Dog
Foundation. We've been a team for a year and a half. He's a wonderful
dog!
Please feel free to email me off list if you have any questions! :)
Have a great day!!
Kelly and Pup :)

On 12/26/12, Chantel Cuddemi <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Eve,
>
> I want to take the time to welcome you to this awesome list!
>
> I am also a first-time graduate from Pilot Dogs and I'm working a male
> standard poodle named Motley.
>
> Motley and I have been a team for ten and a half months now.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 11:05 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] new reader
>
> Hi all. I am new to the list and have been reading some of the posts with
> interest. I am also fairly new to being a guide dog user as it sounds like
> many others are. I received my first dog, a German Shepherd, last summer at
> Pilot Dogs. The members of my class (we called ourselves the Helen Kellers
> as we obviously could not see and it seemed as none of us could hear
> either, probably due to our constant laughter) are all very close to this
> day. Everyone has found great success with their dogs and we were all
> newbys except for one 35 year alumni. Everyone except myself that is. I
> tried so hard to make things work with my dog, but was unsuccessful and
> finally had to give it up as she kept getting so distracted by dogs she was
> endangering me. She also became aggressive towards some dogs (don't know
> how she decided who was play worthy and who would make a good meal). Well,
> she went back and I was in the final class of the year to get my new dog.
> When I met her, a golden retriever named Taylor, I felt an immediate
> connection that I never felt with the other dog. We are home now and have
> taken many walks (something I was never able to do with other dog) and find
> she is absolutely the perfect dog for me. My daughter even says she looks
> like me but I don't know about that. haha   Why I am telling you all this
> is that a couple of people have expressed discouragement with getting dogs
> and others have said how it needs to be the right fit. It is not the
> school. It is the fit. When it works, it works wonderfully. I am still new
> at all of this compared to most and look forward to learning from all of
> you and sharing experiences. Thanks to whoever came up with this forum. Oh,
> and about myself... I live in Northern Arizona with my family and two other
> dogs and three cats. Would love to hear about people's experiences and
> thoughts of having a dog guide in a home with other animals. Blessed Be.
> Eve Sanchez
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