[nagdu] Hi Sara welcome !

Jewel herekittykat2 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 18 18:50:54 UTC 2012


Dear Sarah,
GDF (Guide Dog Foundation) is in New York. I don't know what dogs
Marsha has had, but GDF mainly has labradors and golden retrievers. I
believe they also have poodles.
~Jewel

On 9/18/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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
> Users'
>  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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