[nagdu] retirement

[rhonda cruz]

 HEllo hanna,
 yes, you do have full owner ship of princess.
 hugs.


On Nov 20, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Sarah wrote:

> I am ssorry to hear about this.  I couldn't imagine what From would feel if I had to retire Wizard at 3.  He's 3 now! If you get another guide it wouldn't be so hard after you retire Princess.
> 
> Sarah ed Wizard
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:52:43 -0800
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] retirement
> 
> Thank you marsha and all.  Yes, university life is very difficult for dogs
> and it does take a lot.  Guess Princess doesn't have it either.
> She is only 3 acording to Pilot, and they seem to want her back.  I haven't
> really been able to connect with them because they are not calling me back.
> I can't have a pet in the dorms and I can't really afford to keep one
> either, but I do have very close friends who would love to have Princess.
> I'm going to do my best to try to keep her, but since I don't have ownership
> of her and she is only 3, I think that she'll get some more training with
> Pilot and go work with someone else.  Maybe she'll do better in other
> environments, who knows...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marsha Drenth
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:36 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] retirement
> 
> Hannah,
> 
> 
> Awwww I am very very sorry to hear about this.  Its so hard to retire your
> parnter at any point.  Espically during your semester.  I have been there done
> that, not sure i want to do that again.
> 
> I am learning as a university student myself it takes a very very special
> pup to be able to put up with university life.  My university also has many
> of the same challenges as yours.  Squirrels, bikers, skateboarders, thousands
> of students, cars, trucks, subway, train, birds, and more.  The pup so far is
> doing great, emma could not.
> 
> I wish you luck.  Will you keep Princess as a pet? And will you get another
> guide? Just curious.
> 
> 
> 
> Marsha drenth
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> 
> On Nov 19, 2012, at 11:58 PM, "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com
> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> I hope everyone is doing well.  I haven't been posting or keeping up
> with everything recently because this is my first quarter at UC Davis
> and things have been pretty crazy.  Now that everything is sort of
> falling in to place, I wanted to welcome everyone who is new to the
> list, the people who have returned, and an update about Princess.
> Unfortunately she has not improved much since I last posted about her
> work.
> it has been almost a year, and campus is a pretty busy place.  We have
> a lot of distractions - all the students, over 20,000 bikes, and the
> millions of squirrels that we pass every day - so Princess is not
> doing so well.  I thought that perhaps being here for over 3 months
> would help, but it has not, and she continuously walks me in to
> objects, wants to run after the squirrels or students, and seeks
> attention from everyone who says something along the lines of, "awww! Cute
> doggie!".
> With all this in mind, I have decided that I will retire her because
> of all the stress for her and for me.
> I know that it will be a great loss since we've bonded, but I've also
> had a lot of time to get used to this idea.  I don't know when I will
> retire her because Pilot has not been very good about returning my
> calls, but I do know that it will happen very soon.
> I'm sure many of you have gone through this before, and I just hope
> that I won't be too depressed over it.
> Once again I hope everyone is doing well with your guides, and happy
> Thanksgiving! :) All the best, Hannah
> 
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