[nagdu] {nagdu} guide dog in high school

Fri Jul 13 17:29:24 UTC 2012

Danielle,
Why do you want a dog in high sschool?
I used to march in a band. I thought my dog would be fine with it. She wasn't. I ended up leaving her home when I marched. She didn't like seeing me march. She didn't like being held by to her what were random people.  Many of the people who offered to hold her for me were unable to follow the directions I gave them. They tried, and I think they were thinking of holding onto a cute well-behaved calm dog.  My dog was upset that I'd gone off without her and wasn't calm and well-behaved.
I think I only took her to two events with me.
I marched better when I wasn't worried about her.

Do you plan to run track in college?

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tina Thomas
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 12:43 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] {nagdu} guide dog in high school

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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