[nagdu] Training

Fri Jun 15 01:19:25 UTC 2012

yes have you been going to seeing eye for several years?
I always like to learn on behalf of how a person chose a school.
I have a special friend who loves her dog, and we visit all of the time 
on behalf of what the dog is doing sense I don't have one.
This was the only school she went to, and we really don't talk about 
the city or anything like that.
I also would love to go to New York and see all of the sites they can share.
That would be a plus for me.
Something I would remember.
Love to work my dogs in the city sense I am a city girl.
Truly a country girl living in the city.
But someone had to do it rite?

Original message:
> 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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>>>> www.twitter.com/dmgina
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>>>> every sinner has a future

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