[nagdu] Fire evacuation

[Tracy Carcione]

No.  She went off to the guide dog school in Ireland shortly after my class.
3 of my trainers became directors of training or research, and one left the 
country!
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fire evacuation


> That is weird. I am with Mike here. I would think the harness would be 
> exactly what to do.
>
> Is that instructor still there, Tracy?
>
> CL
>
> On Mar 14, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>
>> When I was at TSE, my group was having a lesson on putting on dog booties 
>> when some idiot pulled the fire alarm for a joke.  (He was sent home for 
>> being an idiot, when they found out who'd done it.)  Anyway, our 
>> instructor said not to harness up the dogs.  I think she was afraid 
>> they'd act up, with all the noise and their new booties.  But, when I 
>> tripped down a step, because we were in a part of the building I didn't 
>> know, I pulled Benny aside and put his harness on, and he led me out 
>> without batting an eyelash, just as I expected he would.  Guess my 
>> instructor hadn't heard the story of how an early TSE class was staying 
>> at a hotel when there was a fire, and their new dogs led them out safely, 
>> no problem.
>> It still rankles that she apparently didn't have much confidence in her 
>> dogs, while I had no doubt at all that Ben could handle it.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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