[nagdu] Training

Lyn Gwizdak linda.gwizdak at cox.net
Thu Jun 14 23:54:48 UTC 2012 

Great, you'll like it there!  I just couldn't remember if you had been there 
maybe a long time ago and forgot what the weather was like or went at 
another time of year.  It is a nice part of the country.  I've never been to 
Montana but have been to Colorado.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dmgina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Training


> This is my first time there, this is why I asked.
> Thanks for sharing.
> Dar
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:17 PM, "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dar,
>> My preferred time to go to Seeing Eye is in the fall classes.  I'm 
>> originally from that basic region of the country.  I grew up just outside 
>> of NYC in Connecticut.
>>
>> If you get the September class, the weather can be transitional - hot and 
>> humid one day and cool and cloudy the next.  Basically, the days are 
>> still warm and there are rainy days.  Bring clothes to layer and rain 
>> gear.  If you get the October class you can still have plenty of nice 
>> days but the class ends in November.  Very rarely will you get snow 
>> during this time but it isn't totally unknown to happen.  the early 
>> mornings can get quite chilly - 30s and even high 20s.  Sometimes there 
>> can be a little "black ice" that usually melts when the sun comes up. 
>> there can be rainy, chilly days. It can be windy in Morristown but i 
>> think the students get to sit in the new downtown lounge to wait for your 
>> turn to work with the instructor.  For this class, bring plenty of 
>> clothes that you can layer or bundle up with.  Oh, if you have any sight 
>> at all, you'll get to see the wonderful foliage!
>>
>> The times it tends to be really icy and snowy are the December, January, 
>> February, and sometimes even during the march class.  My Seeing Eye 
>> classes have been in March, May, September, and October classes.  For me, 
>> if I can't get into the October class, I'll just tell them I'll wait for 
>> the spring classes and avoid the worst of the winter.  I can't walk on 
>> ice either and my arthritis will be really bad back there in the cold, 
>> raw, wet weather then.
>>
>> Hey, want a slow dog!  that describes Landon LOL!  Those aren't really 
>> that hard to find.  But it does matter what dogs are currently in the 
>> strings of dogs there now or are due back in for training.  The dogs for 
>> the fall and winter classes are just starting to come in from the puppy 
>> raisers to get their four months guide training before they are ready for 
>> classes.  Also, tell them you can come in on short notice if they have a 
>> good dog for you and there's a cancellation.  that happened like that for 
>> me when I went to get Jacob in 1999.  It worked for me.  Also, be open as 
>> to breed and sex of the dog.
>>
>> I know how hard it is to be in the after acceptance stage and the wait 
>> for the class date time.  It is hard to plan other things and you have to 
>> tell folks, "Yeah I can do that IF I don't have my dog class then."  It 
>> will come.  they do a great job of matching a good dog.  I wish you lots 
>> of luck and enjoy New Jersey.  You'll get a trip to NYC - usually Times 
>> Square.  I forget, will this be your first time at The Eye or are you a 
>> returning student?
>>
>> Lyn and Landon
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:27 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Training
>>
>>
>>> I must share this story, just cracks me up every time I think of it.
>>> I was in training with my dog, when we were learning how to get into a 
>>> car.
>>> This was the back seat of the car.
>>> I started getting in with one foot inside and sitting down.
>>> The next thing I knew here was this big dog sitting on my lap.
>>> the instructor wanted me to correct dog, but I was laughing so hard, 
>>> that I wasn't going to be able to do this.
>>> I pulled my foot in and the instructor shut the door.
>>> I know I laughed hard for at least one minute with this goofy dog on my 
>>> lap ever so proud.
>>> When I opened up door, and dog got off lap, we started all over again.
>>> Then the dog got in just the way he was trained.
>>> i have to say having my arms around the dog laughing, I feel broke ice 
>>> for both of us.
>>> that he knew he has business to do as well as he could make me laugh.
>>> Now it doesn't take much for me to laugh, so he didn't have to work 
>>> hard.
>>> Of course I got the serman how I couldn't let this happen in a cab oh ya 
>>> or in a private car.
>>> I smiled and walked on my way.
>>> You know, there has to come a time when we let the dogs show some of 
>>> their sillyness so we can get to know them.
>>> this is what I think anyway.
>>> Still waiting for class date.
>>> If anyone lives in the New Jersey area, let me know what it is like in 
>>> the fall.
>>> The later the school keeps telling me the more afraid I am of wanting to 
>>> go here.
>>> I can't walk well on ice in Montana, I sure can't walk any better on ice 
>>> in a different state loll.
>>> I keep sharing this, and I don't feel I am being heard,
>>> all I get is we are trying to train a slow dog for you.
>>> I understand for the most part this doesn't happen, where you see,
>>> I am in Montana and in October not to far ago we got a foot of snow.
>>> I don't trust at all.
>>> Friday it was a beautiful day and Saturday morning we couldn't even open 
>>> the back door because of the snow.
>>> so you see, I am very concerned training in the fall.
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> --Dar
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>>> every sinner has a future
>>>
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