[nagdu] I was not excepted

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Jenny,



Almost all the dogs I know from Fidelco are fast walkers, however they have 
a couple smaller dogs that walk slow, but this may require you to wait 
longer for a match. I suggest you apply and see what happens. Trying to up 
your pace a little bit, but not quite jogging may help you get a match 
sooner, but I'm not an expert.



Do you remember what trainer told you to walk faster?



Mark,



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] I was not excepted


> Hi Mark,
>
> I did apply to them during my trials at the school not to be named.
>
> The interviewer said this was the pace the dog worked and that was that. 
> I'm 4 feet 11 inches, and the pace was almost at a jog.
>
> I was told that if I couldn't quicken my pace that it wouldn't work out.
>
> any differences in what you're told?
>
> Jenny
> On Mar 15, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Mark J. Cadigan <kramc11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Jenny
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a dog from Fidelco. Being a New England based school, they 
>> understand how winters can go from perfectly walkable to imposible in a 
>> day and then once everything is fixed back to walkable again. They also 
>> do in home training, and will work in your neighborhood so that you can 
>> practice with the obstacles you will encounter every day. Perhaps you can 
>> apply to them and hopefully have better luck.
>>
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
>> To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:04 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] I was not excepted
>>
>>
>>> My application was not excepted for the following reasons, which I found 
>>> rediculous at best.
>>>
>>> they brought a dog with them without telling me about it.  Then expected 
>>> me to work that dog, who I have never worked with before, in snowy 
>>> conditions.  they said that I did not put trust in said dog so they wer 
>>> concerned about that.  Even though I did the Juno walks with her just 
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> also, they wanted me to have twenty minutes of a routes, three or more, 
>>> that I walk to get things done.  I explained that the sidewalks in 
>>> Rockford are treturous, and that between walking to the bus stop, 
>>> getting to the correct gate at the terminal, and then walking from the 
>>> bus stop to wherever I'm going constitutes that twenty minutes, it's 
>>> just not a streight non-stop twenty minutes.
>>>
>>> That didn't satisfy them.
>>>
>>> They also said that I had said that I didn't walk as much in the winter. 
>>> That didn't mean I don't walk at all.  Most people unless they live in 
>>> cities that take care of their sidewalks in general, and make sure that 
>>> things are shoveled properly generally don't walk as much in the winter 
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I think it's a bunch of bull, and I have no idea what to do now.
>>>
>>> Thanks for listening.
>>>
>>> Jenny
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