[nagdu] preparing for my first guide dog

Nicole Torcolini ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Mon Jun 23 01:29:24 UTC 2014


Rachel,

	I received Lexia, who is my first guide dog, from GDB in 2007. My
family already had a pet dog, so the taking care of a dog part was not too
much of a transition for me. The one that I think that I could have done
better was being patient when Lexia was relieving. Sometimes, especially in
new places, a dog can take a while to do business.

Nicole and Lexia

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rachel Becker via
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Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:14 PM
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Subject: [nagdu] preparing for my first guide dog

Hi. My name is Rachel Becker. I joined the list awhile ago when I first
applied for a guide dog but I'm generally quiet. I'm currently staying with
my parents in MD but I am a student at Princeton Theological Seminary in New
Jersey. I will be going into class at Guiding Eyes for my first guide dog on
July 27. *34 days*! As you can imagine, I'm pretty nervous. Any advice on
how to make the transition as smooth as possible for me and my new guide.
I've never even had a pet dog so this is all new to me. I will be going back
to NJ after class and will have about three weeks before school starts so
I'm grateful for that. What was the most difficult or surprising thing about
making the transition to working with and taking care of a guide dog?

See you in Orlando!

Rachel

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