[nagdu] I was not excepted

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Hi Jenny,
If you are talking about a guy with a British accent at Fidelco, that would 
have been John Byfield.

I'm going to send you a private email about your rejection from GDB.

Lyn and Landon
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
----- 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: Saturday, March 16, 2013 1:43 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] I was not excepted


> 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,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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