[nagdu] {nagdu} guide dog in high school

[Tina Thomas]

Hello Danielle- Its sounds like you have a good plan of action. Also, you
might want to check in to SE's SESY program which will give you some hands
on with working a dog as well as provide you with a lot of information. 
Tina  

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Danielle Sykora
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 8:24 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] {nagdu} guide dog in high school

Hi everyone,
I will probably get my dog from The Seeing Eye which has a lower age limit
of 16.
In my school, during your senior year, you can take half days if you also
take a college class. I have been considering this option and if I choose
it, my dog will be working in my high school in the morning and a college
campus in the afternoon. I am also on the track team so my dog would be
coming to practice with me each day during the spring.
I would only be working the dog for one year. I will turn 16 in my junior
and hopefully attend training during the summer.
Danielle

On 7/13/12, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
> 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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