[nagdu] I'm back

[Larry D. Keeler]

That's Great! I'll bet you are happy! You must have met one of my birds! I 
had a male snow white dove!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Snow White Dove" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 7:02 PM
Subject: [nagdu] I'm back


>
>
>
> Wanted to write to tell you all that I finally did it.  I know Cynprobably 
> let you guys know already, but I figured I'd write myself.
>
> I came home August 9th with an English Black lab named Shasta.
>
> He's a wonderful worker and has a great personality, but boy I wasn't sure 
> of the personality part in the beginning or whether I could handle him at 
> all.
>
> If he had not been on leash I think he'd have bounced off the walls all on 
> his own steam.
>
> He settled down, and things are pretty cool now, but being 19 months old, 
> he's a chewer.  I've had him on leash since I got him, and everything was 
> fine till I got home with my brand new leather leash which he chewed in 
> half in a perfectly streight line in two seconds flat.
> Needless to say, I was embarrassed to call the school to order a new 
> leash, but more embarrassed when the head trainer answered the phone.  He 
> was cool about it, well for him, and said to give him a couple of weeks to 
> get more leashes as theyn were out.
>
> I'm hoping they'll just give me a new one, but I don't think I'll be that 
> lucky.
>
> Also, he appears to be a dog, but is a beaver.  He eats anything wooden 
> outside, and I can't seem to break him of it.  I've said no, leash 
> corrections, drop it and removed sticks and twigs from his mouth.  ug.
>
> Hope to hear from you guys soon.  I just did a mass delete before I wrote 
> you all, so if you wrote me about Shasta, please forgive me and send it 
> again.
>
> Have a great day.
>
> Jenny
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/lkeeler%40comcast.net