[nagdu] First time poster

[Shannon Dillon]

Hi Laura, I was home trained, too. I have been working my Fidelco dog
Yalie for 7 years now. I love the home training. I hope you do, too.
Feel free to contact me on or off list. John is a wonderful trainer,
too. I think the most important advice I can offer is not to get hung
up on any one person's  advice because there are a lot of really
opinionated people and what is right for them is not always right for
you. As you grow in your relationship with your dog, you will try one
thing and later change your approach based on your experience. I'm
sure you will love your training. Best of luck
Shannon

On 6/9/13, Margo and Arrow <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:
> Laura, yes, it is a good idea to meet with professors before clss begins or
> the day they begin or soon after.  Still, it is not up to the professor to
> talk about you and your dog or equipment.  That's up to you.  You are going
> to have people try to pet your dog or do other silly things all your
> dog-handling life, so, you'll just need to deal with that.  That's what we
> all do.
>
> Also, I guess I feel like my dog and equipment don't make me stick out like
> a sore thumb because that equipment and dog signify freedom and
> independence.  If the students get confused about the puppy group and your
> dog, then, you'll just want to educate them perhaps one at a time or one
> small group at a time.
>
> Perhaps you could have a large group awareness session as well.  Loads of
> ways to handle this.
>
> The very, absolute best to you and your new pup.
>
> Margo and Arrow
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laura
> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 3:31 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] First time poster
>
> Let me explain the situation because I still have a small amount of
> functional vision left not only do I come to class with a dog now but I
> have
> a good amount of equipment that comes with me my clarity PC mate and my
> laptop the school provides spinal seating in the front of the classroom so
> I
> have room for my equipment the idea came up a few semesters ago to meet
> before class with my professors because I had a rough first semester
> getting
> the professors on board with my plan of accommodations and also I felt like
> I stuck out like a sore thumb some of my professors have had me introduce
> myself because I am comfortable with that my Idea was to educate the
> students about service dogs in general I think my new dog will be the
> fourth
> service dog on campus and the first guide. Other people that I know on
> campus that have service dogs have said the have a very hard time with the
> students because we have a puppy group on campus and everyone thinks the
> working dogs are just In training
>
> Laura
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SHANNON L. DILLON