[nagdu] I was not excepted

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Sat Mar 16 15:53:16 UTC 2013


Holly will walk fast or slow depending on what I want her to do.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] I was not excepted


> 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" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 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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