[nagdu] Hi Sara welcome !

Tue Sep 18 17:37:15 UTC 2012

What kind of dogs did you have previously? What were their names? 
Is Gdf in Florida?

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:33:17 -0400
Subject: [nagdu] Hi Sara welcome !

Hi Sara, I'm Marsha.  About to get my third pup from GDF.

Hope you like the list.  If you need anything, please let me 
know.

Marsha drenth, Moderator
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On Sep 17, 2012, at 7:02 PM, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> 
wrote:

 Hello everyone, my name is Sarah Meeks.  I am geting my first 
guide dog in 9 days! I leave in 4 days for training but will get 
my dog on the sixth dayddHow long should I expect before the ng 
starts warming up to me?

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com
 To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:49:44 -0500
 Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class

 Most of the dogs tend to warm up to you pretty quickly if you 
spend a lot of time bonding with them.  The first day or two are 
the hardest, I think.

 CL

 On Sep 17, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Tonia wrote:

 Rebecca, thanks for the warning because I may have very well 
gotten
 discouraged if he/she didn't warm up to me right away.  So, good 
to know
 that if it happens, it's normal.  I will still keep praying 
though for a dog
 that is lovable and playful.

 Tonia

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On Behalf
 Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
 Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:30 AM
 To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users'
 Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class

 Or you may not.  It may take awhile for the new dog to warm up 
to you.  My
 first one took some time to get used to me.
 I say this because she didn't want me loving all over her.
 I say it this way so you don't get discouraged if your dog is 
kind of
 distant towards you.
 The point that Tracey is trying to make is that you won't really 
be in a
 position mentally to do much work.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On Behalf
 Of Tonia
 Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 12:37 PM
 To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog 
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 Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class

 Tracy, thanks for your suggestion.  I have actually done just 
that.  The
 company is aware of my training dates and realizes that I may or 
may not get
 much accessibility testing done while I'm in training.  
Thankfully, they are
 very understanding and generally let me work at my own pace; 
since they know
 I also work full time and have an eBay business with my husband.  
I'm very
 blessed in that respect.
 As for eBay while I'm at school, I'll mainly just be helping my 
husband
 relist items and/or print shipping labels; much of which I can 
do via the
 eBay app on my iPhone.  So, that shouldn't be a big deal either.

 My number one priority will no doubt be bonding and training 
with my new
 dog.  I'm sure I'll be spending most of my down time relaxing 
with and
 loving on him/her.

 Only nine days to go.  I can't hardly wait!!!

 Hope everyone is Having  a great weekend,

 Tonia

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On Behalf
 Of Tracy Carcione
 Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:18 PM
 To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
 Subject: [nagdu] Downtime in class

 Hi Tonia.
 You mentioned you plan to do some contract work during your 
downtime in
 class.  I just want to give you a word of caution.  If you take 
some work,
 don't make any promises as to when it will be done, or tripple 
the time you
 think it will take.  Even when I wasn't busy with actual 
training, there
 were lectures to study, grooming, play, and just plain resting.  
I got my
 first dog more than 30 years ago, when I was a lot younger.  I 
don't
 remember how much I needed to just plain rest my brain then, but 
I
 definitely do now.
 Also, if you bring work, be ready to drop it at a second's 
notice.  It's
 easy to get involved with something on the computer, and, when 
you finally
 surface, your new puppy has torn his blanket to little bits, or 
pulled the
 blanket off your bed, or any number of other puppy tricks.
 I like to play computer games, but I don't think I'll play any 
during class.
 It's too easy to zone out and miss something I should be 
noticing.
 Tracy

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