[nagdu] I was not excepted

[Jenny Keller]

No,

That was ages ago.  I think he had an accent like british, but I've talked to so many dog schools, they're starting to blend in /smile/.

Jenny
On Mar 15, 2013, at 11:44 PM, "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jenny,
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> 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.
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> Do you remember what trainer told you to walk faster?
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> Mark,
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 7:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] I was not excepted
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>> Hi Mark,
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>> I did apply to them during my trials at the school not to be named.
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>> 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.
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>> I was told that if I couldn't quicken my pace that it wouldn't work out.
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>> any differences in what you're told?
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>> Jenny
>> On Mar 15, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Mark J. Cadigan <kramc11 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Jenny
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>>> 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.
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>>> HTH
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>>> Mark
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>>> ----- 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
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> That didn't satisfy them.
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Anyway, I think it's a bunch of bull, and I have no idea what to do now.
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>>>> Thanks for listening.
>>>> 
>>>> Jenny
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