[nagdu] My dog blog

Wed Jun 4 16:47:09 UTC 2014

The first week or so of training is definitely the hardest. 
Corvette wasn't nearly as calm as he is now (probably because he 
wasn't used to me or our house yet). His main trouble the first 
few days was getting up and down stairs without pulling me, so we 
would go at a snail's pace until he could do it normally. It took 
time for us to learn each other's paces.
--
Kristen

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Raven Tolliver via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 12:24:43 -0400
Subject: Re: [nagdu] My dog blog

Oh gosh, this blog takes me back 2 years. I'll never forget my 
first
day with the Golden Guy. I almost cried out of sheer frustration. 
That
whole first week, he was incredibly stubborn at the most 
inconvenient
times. In harness, he was perfect, but on-leash out and about, he
wouldn't stay down, wouldn't sit, kept jumping up, especially 
when he
saw his trainer, would bark and growl and try to play with other 
dogs.
Man! I too had the problem of getting him to stay laying down 
during
meals; I thought I would never finish our first meal together. If 
I
was as proficient in dog training then as I am now, I truly 
believe
that day would have been a million times better. It's hard to 
think
that the dog who appeared to me as a stubborn son-of-a-gun is 
truly an
easy to train, incredibly obedient, and eager to please creature 
who
is stubborn at the right times in all the right ways. Those first 
few
days, I almost asked the class supervisor where the heck they put 
the
golden retriever they promised me, but I saw the good-natured,
laid-back golden shine through at the end of that first week.
Good to see that your training is going well, and I wish you and 
Bill success.

On 6/4/14, Kathy Davis via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
 Hi Julie,
 	I so enjoyed reading your account of the goings on with you 
and Bill
 there at Guiding Eyes. I am relatively new to the list but have 
been active
 in NAGDU and FLAGDU for many years.
 	I too was rather taken aback when I received my last dog, 
Wade, from
 the Seeing Eye. Wade is a big handsome black Lab and he is much 
taller than
 my previous dogs. After trying several things to begin to feel 
right
 working
 with Wade considering his height, we finally decided to use a 
harness with
 a
 shorter handle. That did the trick as the standard size harness 
handle just
 made me feel so awkward and as you said...the harness was up in 
the air
 instead of leaning back in my hand near my left hip as should be 
the case.
 	I will look forward to reading more from the happenings of 
you and
 Bill. By the way, my daddy's name was Bill and he was terrific.

 Take care,

 Kathy Davis and Wonderful Wade

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie 
McGinnity
 via nagdu
 Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:55 PM
 To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users
 Subject: [nagdu] My dog blog

 Hi friends,

 I am currently training with my second guide dog.  To document 
my training
 and share my experiences with my family and friends, I created a 
wordpress
 blog.  I'm hoping the blog will live on even after my training, 
but for
 now,
 I have recorded my adventures so far at Guiding Eyes for the 
Blind.  In
 case
 any of you are interested, I'll post the link below.  The 
entries are in
 order on the page from most recent to earliest, and there are 
three entries
 so far.  I am having a great time here!

 http://adivaandherdog.wordpress.com/

 --
 Julie McG
 National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National 
Federation
 of the Blind performing arts division secretary, Missouri 
Association of
 Guide dog Users President, and Guiding Eyes for the Blind 
graduate 2008
 "For
 God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that 
everyone who
 believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life."
 John 3:16

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