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[Dmgina]

Hi did you go on the same plane going to the school! Will you folks go home the same way? 


Dar
Every saint has a past, 
Every sinner has a future 


On Oct 11, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi mary, 
> 
> I'm Marsha, currently in class at GDF. This will be my third guide. But my first time here at GDF. Sorry can't tell you the name yet, Celebration Sunday is this coming sunday. My pup is a black lab cross, who has 3siblings in class with me too. Two of those people live in my same area, within a 10 mile area. My last guide was from TSE, but I cahnged schools because of the balance. My pup is trained for the balance for stairs, and counter balance. Thus far I do not have many if any complaints about GDF. We live in Philadelphia PA, and attend the Temple University full time. I am blogging about my experience at GDF, so your welcome to read that. Url is in my signature. 
> 
> I'm the moderator of the list, so if there anything I can do please let me know. 
> 
> 2 days and counting until we go home! and 2 days until I can share the name of my pup!
> 
> Marsha drenth  
> Sent with my IPhone 
> http://adventureswith2feet4paws.blogspot.com 
> 
> On Oct 10, 2012, at 7:06 AM, mary wurtzel <marywurtzel at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hello list,
>> My name is Mary Wurtzel, and I just joined this list.
>> I have a male black lab named Felix who is a balance dog as well as a guide dog.  I went to the Guide Dog Foundation last February.  As far as I know, this is the only guide dog schl that trains dogs specifically to help with balance issues.
>> I have been falling when walking for many years.  It would happen if I hit a particularly big crack inthe sidewalk, or if I got too close to the edge of the walk and hit a large edge down.  The falling became worse,  to the point that I feared falling more and more.
>> I tried to get a guide dog in 2004 but was not allowed to stay at the schl and graduate.   The good thing that came out of this horrible experience was that I discovered the reason for my falling.
>> I am blind because of being a premie, and I also have very mild cereberal Palsy.
>> I have had this difficulty all my life and was never diagnosed.  I grew up thinking I was just uncoordinated.  I worked ten times harder just to become an alternate cheer leader.
>> Sorry for such a long story, but now I can walk again all by myself.  I am going quite fast, too.  Anyone who may know a person like my husband, Fred, knows there are some cane users who are very confident and walk very very fast.  I was always being left inthe dust.  Well, now Felix and I can give Fred   a bit of a run for his  money!!!
>> Fred would never never have a guide  dog,  so blind people can have differences of opinion on the travel mode and still live together in harmony!! It will be thirty-six years on December 4th.
>> I will cut this epistle a bit short.  I have already found the list ideas interesting.
>> We will be forming a guide dog division at our state convention here in Michigan in a little over a week.
>> I am sure this list will provide us with issues which we can work on.
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Mary Wurtzel
>> 
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