[nagdu] My introduction

[Nicole Torcolini]

Lisa,

	Welcome to the list. My name is Nicole, and my guide dog is a female
black lab named Lexia from Guide Dogs for the Blind. That is very exciting
that you will be getting a guide dog. Have you had a pet dog before? I am a
little biased towards the labs... That is interesting about health insurance
paying for guide dogs. I studied German in high school and college, and we
talked a little about the culture as well as studying the language, but we
did not ever talk about guide dogs. How many guide dog schools are there in
Germany? Do you know what the laws are regarding guide dogs?

Nicole and Lexia

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa via nagdu
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 6:02 AM
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Subject: [nagdu] My introduction

Hello everyone!

I just joined this mailing list and would like to quickly introduce myself.
:-)

I am Lisa from Germany. I'm 20 and totally blind. I live with my boyfriend
Philipp and our pets; two canaries and two guinea pigs.
I spent the past six months fighting with my health insurance company to get
my very first guide dog.  You know, here in Germany it's normal that the
health insurance pays for your guide dog.
It was an incredibly exhausting time but on Thursday, I finally got the
acceptance letter.
And I'm going to start training on September 8. Woohoo, only three weeks
from now! I still can't believe that it finally worked.
 My future companion is a black labrador named Taylor.

I'm looking forward to exchange experience and opinions with you all.

best wishes from Germany
Lisa


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