[nagdu] {nagdu} guide dog in high school

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Danielle,
Why do you want a dog when you're in high school? I'm curious and also nosy.
How do you think a dog will help you?
You may want to read the book Light A Single Candle. It's a bit out of date now, but the emotions surrounding bringing a dog home are very much on point.  It's about a high school girl that got a dog.
I got my first dog a month after I finished high school.

I am no longer using a dog, and I don't know if I will again.

I was talking about this with my mom recently and when I told her I may never go back to a dog, she asked why. I told her that I love not needing to take the dog's needs into account. I don't know what that says about me. I like dogs.  If I could borrow one, I think I'd be fine with the needs.  I just have no desire to fit a guide into my life and do so ona 24/7 basis.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:02 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] {nagdu} guide dog in high school

There was a 16-year-old student in my first class at GDB.  She did fine in
class, but I heard she returned the dog in less than a year.  I heard she
got a lot of the "Does the dog have to come?" stuff from her family, and
the dog didn't get enough work.  I got some of that same stuff from my
family, but I was older and would stand up to them, and also mostly not
living at home, so it didn't really matter. I felt bad for her.
Tracy



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