[nagdu] Soul Searching

[Margo and Arrow]

Vanessa, I recall that time you went through a few years ago, I believe. 
I'm pretty sure it was you and I recall what you went through--thoughts, 
feelings, etc.  We want to do the right thing; we want to try to make 
something work and sometimes we can and sometimes we can't.

Cindy, I know you'll make the right decision at the right time to make it.

margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vanessa Lowery" <vlowery at dhr.state.md.us>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Soul Searching


> I've ben on both sides.  Been the handler with the growling dog and been 
> in th presence of a dog displaying exactly (actually allmost exactly, to 
> be accurate) the same behaviior as my growling dog.  It was not fun in 
> either situation.  But it was especially not fun as the handler wiht the 
> growling dog.  I not only had to be very aware of where my dog was, but I 
> also had to be aware of where the other dogs who were near him were 
> sistuated.  Ultimately, wiht tremendous support from The Seeing Eye, I 
> made the appropriate decision to retire him.
>
> I felt fo r the handler in whose presence I was with her growling dog. 
> She was struggling wiht the same issues of denial and that understandable 
> determination to get the problem to go away.  Like me, she put her heart 
> and soul into trying to get the problems resolved, but like me, she 
> ultimately had to retire that dog.  I tried to help her understand that 
> she needed to know when it was time to keep on trying and when it was time 
> to say I have done all I can.  She was not realdy to hear that yet, and I 
> got that.  There was a time when I was as equally not ready to hear it 
> either.
>
> Good luck with this, Cindy, and I hope TSE sends someone to visit you 
> soon.
>
>
>
> Vanessa Lowery, LGSW
> Adult and Community Services Division
> Adult Services Screening Unit
> 410-853-3550
> VLowery at dhr.state.md.us
>
>
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