[nagdu] Introduction

[Kelly Snyder]

Hello Mary!
Welcome to this group! I’m a GDF grad, I’m on my second dog, and he’s
a cross and is yellow. His name is Pete.
I hope to hear from you real soon!
Take care,
Kelly-


On 10/12/12, melissa R green <graduate56 at juno.com> wrote:
> welcome to the list Mary.
> I am also a GdF grad.
> Hope that you and your new companion will be a partner for a long time.
> Just like me and my Pj.
> Melissa and Pj
> Facebook: Melissa R Green
> Nobody is in charge of your happiness except you!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mary wurtzel" <marywurtzel at att.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:06 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Introduction
>
>
> 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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