[nagdu] Considering A Dog
Sarah
coastergirl92 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 21 18:45:33 UTC 2012
I'm coshited for you to get your new pup! I still have 5 more
days to go.
----- 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: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:43:56 -0400
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Considering A Dog
Hi cody,
I'm Marsha, 3 days away from getting my new pup. I recently
retired a GSD from TSE due to health and stress issues. I am
completely devasted about this, but that is for another time and
place. I am a full time student at Temple University in
Philadelphia. I live in the burb of Philly with my hubby. I am
also hearing impaired and blind. Oh and my first pup was from
GDB.
I'm the moderator around here, so if you need anything please let
me know.
Until next time,
Marsha drenth
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On Sep 20, 2012, at 1:00 AM, Kody Keplinger
<kodytheduff at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all!
I found this list yesterday and have been browsing the archives
for info.
After some serious thought, I have decided to look into getting
a guide
dog. I do have some concerns that I know others have brought up
in the
past (I do have remaining vision, and I know it may impair my
trust of the
dog at first, but I believe I can overcome this, especially
since my
retained vision is only useful outdoors during the day.) After
asking
around about different schools and commands, I know I want to
apply to
schools that teach "find" commands (ex. "find a chair" or "find
the
stairs") as these are very difficult things for me in unfamiliar
indoor
settings. I also want a school that trains dogs for
trains/subways since I
live in NYC and that's an important part of my daily life.
I have a pretty strong breed preference to either a German
Shepherd or a
Boxer. I LOVE labs, but they've been family pets my whole life,
and my gut
is telling me that, for my first guide dog, and one I'll work
with as a
partner, I want to step away from labs if at all possible. My
first choice
of school was Fidelco, but I read today some of the controversy
from last
year. I like their program because a.) they focus on german
shepherds and
b.) I like the idea of starting, from day one, in my
neighborhood. I know
some programs take you to NYC as sort of a final "challenge" -
but as NYC
is my home, I'd rather it not be my big challenge, I'd rather it
be my
regular, if that makes sense at all. Is the controversy over
Fidelco and
ownership still brewing? Has anyone worked with them lately?
Looking at other schools, can any of you give me some info on
which ones
teach the "find" commands as well as provide german shepherds
and/or boxers
(and that allow you to specify a preference)? Also, any info on
the wait
times for these programs (from turning in the application, to
acceptance,
to attending the school) would be incredibly
helpful/appreciated. (I found
the old surveys on GDUI, but they were from 2008 and I wasn't
sure how
up-to-date they were.)
Thanks for any info you can give, guys! I'm so glad I found this
listserv
already. The archives have already given me so much direction.
Best,
Kody
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