[nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs

Tue May 8 14:39:51 UTC 2012

Julie, I certainly welcome owner trainers and their experiences. I
really am trying to make this more about guide dog handlers, raisers,
people and their experiences with their guides or puppies rather than
about only people from certain schools, or from one school, or
something like that. All guide dog users, puppy raisers, trainers,
owner trainers etc are welcome to participate. I know that there are
not nearly as many owner trainers out there as there are people from
schools, but your experience is important and worth telling. /grins/
Laurel and Stockard

On 5/8/12, Julie J. <julielj at neb.rr.com> wrote:
> Laurel,
>
> I'm not sure if you were limiting your book to guide dog users from
> programs, but I would be willing to share my experience with owner
> training if you like.
>
> I am working on a book about owner training.  I have been working on it
> for several years. *sigh*  It's a much bigger project than I ever
> imagined.  If you have book writing tips or resources I'd love to swap.
>
> Thanks!
> Julie
> On 5/7/2012 9:30 PM, Laurel wrote:
>> Wonderful, thanks! I really appreciate all the responses so far. Some
>> time tomorrow, I will send each of you privately a survey. It will
>> just ask you a few basic questions so that I can begin to get to know
>> you a little better, and for me it's a good starting place. When you
>> receive it from me, if you could please fill it out and send it back
>> to me, it would be much appreciated. I'm going to have people fill out
>> this survey, and then after you send it back to me, I will contact you
>> privately to discuss your stories etc that you would like me to place
>> in this book.
>> Thank you all so much for helping me with this project, there's no way
>> I could pull something like this off without you. And seriously, if
>> you have other friends in the guide dog community who would like to
>> participate in something like this, please feel free to pass on my
>> email laurel.stockard at gmail.com to them. The more people I can speak
>> with the better I think.
>> Laurel and Stockard
>>
>> On 5/7/12, Robert Hooper<hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>  wrote:
>>> You might as well count me in for the project as well. I enjoy offering
>>> creative input and this sounds like an original idea behind which I think
>>> I
>>> could stand.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Robert Hooper
>>> Hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu
>>> The Ohio State University
>>> 0653 Buckeye-Cuyahoga CT
>>> 653 Cuyahoga Court
>>> Columbus, Ohio 43210
>>> (740) 856-8195
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Laurel
>>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 9:15 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs
>>>
>>> Haha thanks.
>>>
>>> Hey, all of you who said you'd be interested, would it be ok with you all
>>> if
>>> I privately sent you a short survey to fill out? I know I've never met
>>> most
>>> of you in person, and I figure a basic short survey is a good way to
>>> start
>>> things. This way I can sort of get a feel for who you are and all. It
>>> won't
>>> be that long, promise. And if anybody else wants in on this, it's not
>>> too
>>> late.
>>> If you are still interested and haven't responded yet, let me know, just
>>> shoot me a message at laurel.stockard at gmail.com Thanks, Laurel and
>>> Stockard
>>>
>>> On 5/7/12, Larry D. Keeler<lkeeler at comcast.net>  wrote:
>>>> Your book could weigh as much as one of our guides!  This would be
>>>> awesome reading!
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Laurel"<laurel.stockard at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 7:58 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Larry,
>>>>> I completely agree. That's why I want people from different schools,
>>>>> and different lifestyles to be part of this. I really want to create
>>>>> a portrait for the reader of the guide dog community as a whole. To
>>>>> do this, I couldn't simply include people from one school, or from
>>>>> one social group, or who lead one type of lifestyle. I think it would
>>>>> be great if I could include guide dog handlers who represent various
>>>>> groups within our population, ethnic groups, economic groups, groups
>>>>> who lead certain lifestyles etc. The more the merryer in my opinion.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/7/12, Larry D. Keeler<lkeeler at comcast.net>  wrote:
>>>>>> Your stories would be interesting i'm sure!  I think the neat thing
>>>>>> will
>>>>>>
>>>>>> be
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to compile stories from different schools and also from different
>>>>>> folks representing different walks of life.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Lyn Gwizdak"<linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
>>>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 7:33 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah!  A book about guide dog users and our dogs written from the
>>>>>>> perspective of a guide dog user.  Don't think there's much around.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I havwen't seen it yet, but there's a guy locally who has written a
>>>>>>> book.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He's a guide dog user with a dog from GDB.  It's called
>>>>>>> "Confessions of
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Guide Dog: The Blond Leading the Blind" by Mark Carlson and Musket.
>>>>>>> Musket is a yellow Lab and I think he retired recently.  Mark is
>>>>>>> also hearing impaired and I've know him arouond town for many years
>>>>>>> although
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> don't see him since the agency he works for moved out of a
>>>>>>> neighborhood
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> spend alot of time in.  It is an e-book that should be available on
>>>>>>> www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com .  Mark has a website
>>>>>>> www.musketmania.com .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am at work writing a book about my life as a blind LGBT person
>>>>>>> and I think I may use www.lulu.com as an e-publisher.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to participate in the material for your book if you like.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lyn and Landon
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Laurel"<laurel.stockard at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>>>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 10:43 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Awesome!
>>>>>>>> By the way, for those of you on the GDUI list, I'm sorry that you
>>>>>>>> are getting this message twice from me. I don't want to put two
>>>>>>>> list addresses in the "to" or "cc" fields.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What I'm thinking about doing is sending those interested a survey
>>>>>>>> to fill out. This will be pretty basic and just is somewhere for
>>>>>>>> me to start. This way I can get a better feel for you guys since
>>>>>>>> I've never personally met you face to face. I can also gage the
>>>>>>>> kind of stories people might want to include and the content of my
>>>>>>>> book. If it's ok, I will have you all fill out an initial survey,
>>>>>>>> and then I will contact you each further to talk to you all about
>>>>>>>> the information included in this book. Do you guys think this is a
>>>>>>>> good way to begin? Thoughts?
>>>>>>>> Also, if any of you want to forward my messages to another list,
>>>>>>>> aka your school's list etc, I have no problem with that
>>>>>>>> whatsoever. The more people I have from the more places who are
>>>>>>>> willing to participate, the better. Also, if any of your friends
>>>>>>>> wish to participate and want to contact me, they can do so at
>>>>>>>> laurel.stockard at gmail.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is really important, if you know any puppy raisers, trainers
>>>>>>>> or volunteers at your school, I would love their participation as
>>>>>>>> well. I want to try to include people's stories who are involved
>>>>>>>> in our greater community but who aren't specifically handlers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for your help you all, I have this idea, but I will
>>>>>>>> never be able to do this without you all. You are an extremely
>>>>>>>> important part of this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 5/7/12, rhonda cruz<rhondaprincess at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>   that wound be really cool!
>>>>>>>>>   i'm in.
>>>>>>>>>   smile.
>>>>>>>>> ..
>>>>>>>>> On May 7, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Count me in!  I'd love to see such a book!  Currently, iether
>>>>>>>>>> the books are just about training, just for kids or involve just
>>>>>>>>>> one school.
>>>>>>>>>> I'd
>>>>>>>>>> love to see a book with all kinds of different stories both
>>>>>>>>>> serious and humours abbout our guide dog experiences!
>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel"
>>>>>>>>>> <laurel.stockard at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>>>>>>>>>> Users"
>>>>>>>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 11:20 AM
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Laurel and Stockard
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>> I have a project I would like to bounce off of y'all and get
>>>>>>>>>>> your opinions/feedback about. I am working on the meer
>>>>>>>>>>> beginings of a book project. I have read many wonderful books
>>>>>>>>>>> about people and their guide dogs over the years. I am working
>>>>>>>>>>> on a project that would incorporate various people's stories
>>>>>>>>>>> into one book. I am hoping to interview people from all
>>>>>>>>>>> different schools, and places about their experiences.
>>>>>>>>>>> I would love to interview people who have self trained as well
>>>>>>>>>>> as who have gone to different schools. What do you all think of
>>>>>>>>>>> this idea?
>>>>>>>>>>> And if anybody is interested in participating in this project,
>>>>>>>>>>> feel free to let me know. You can write me here or off list
>>>>>>>>>>> whichever you prefer. Of course, if a person allows me to write
>>>>>>>>>>> about them and their dogs, I would let them view and edit my
>>>>>>>>>>> piece about them before I ever published my book so no worries
>>>>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks all
>>>>>>>>>>>
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