[nagdu] New to list

[L Gwizdak]

Hi Minh,
Welcome to the list!  I am Lyn and I'm working my eighth guide from The 
Seeing Eye.  My dog is Landon and he's a seven and a half year old 
Lab/Golden cross.  We live in San Diego and are active in many things - pet 
assisted therapy, crafts, progressive politics - am Secretary of my 
Democratic club.

You go to BC.  I used to live sort of near there in Brighton back in the 
1970s and again in the 1980s but moved here in 1988 and have been enjoying 
the Southern California life for the past 25 years!  Hey, do the obnoxious 
BC students still annoy the Brighton neighborhood?  At one time, it was 
becoming literal open warfare beween the rowdy students and the neighborhood 
working folks!

Anyway, I worked dogs in Boston for many years and it is fine there.  One 
thing you'll want to do in winter is to wash off your dog's feet when 
there's snow and salt around.  The salt stings the dog's wet feet.  Or you 
can put booties on the dog.

I last visited Boston while enroute to Vermont back in 2006 and had no 
problems with having the dog.  What I did notice was all the trash strewn 
around on the streets of Downtown Boston so you'll want to watch your dog's 
nose if it likes to snarf stuff off the ground.  How is the dog with the 
subway?  I know that GDB has no real access to a subway like we do at TSE 
with going to train in New York City.  While I lived in New England, I only 
had East Coast dogs who trained in NYC.

Here in San Diego, we have above ground LRV trolleys and buses and only one 
underground trolley station which is at San Diego State University which 
opened about 5 years ago.

Enjoy your new dog and the list.  Any questions, don't hesitate to ask us as 
there are people with lots of experience represented here.

Lyn and Landon
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "minh ha" <minh.ha927 at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 10:18 PM
Subject: [nagdu] New to list


> Hello all,
>
> I recently subscribed to the list and thought I would introduce
> myself. My name is Minh and I arrived home with my first guide dog,
> Viva a month and a half ago from Guide Dogs for the Blind. I'm
> currently studying at Boston College and I'm hoping this list will be
> a valuable resource as Viva and I go through this transition together.
>
> Thanks,
> Minh
>
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