[nagdu] class -10 (Yikes!)

[Chantel Cuddemi]

Good luck, Tracy.

It's not fun working with a trainer you don't get along with.

It'll work out.

Chantel.

On 10/17/14, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> This is a sort of class journal entry.  I'm not asking for advice, though a
>
> little encouragement might not be amiss.
>
> The class supervisor called yesterday to see if I had any questions.  I
> asked him what dogs they had in mind for me.  A lab or a cross, of either
> gender.  So there's probably a retriever in my future, and not altogether
> golden.  I'm fine with that.  I'd prefer a guy, but TSE has some very nice
> girls, too.  Maybe one of those ultra-cute microlabs. <smile>
>
> Then I asked him who my instructor would be, and was dismayed to hear that
> it was a person who did something stupid that actually hurt me when she saw
>
> me on follow-up.  I told him so, too, and he said he'd think about switching
>
> instructors.  I am not happy.  I had a vague hope of getting a good
> instructor who would actually teach me something new about dog training.  If
>
> that squirrel is the best they've got at the moment, that hope is crushed.
> I had 4 really great instructors early on in my guide dog life, 3 of whom
> went on to become directors of training.  I guess it gave me high
> expectations, which haven't actually been met in almost 20 years now.  Well,
>
> I guess I've got enough experience to get by with only a few helpful hints
> from the trainer.  I'm just disappointed, and stressing about the whole
> thing.
> A friend reminds me that everybody stresses about something in class.  Last
>
> time for me, it was what to wear to lunch, when we're supposed to dress
> nicely.  This time, it's a quality trainer, which seems like a lot bigger
> worry to me. But there's not much I can do about it, except wait around for
>
> someone I think is good, which I'm not going to do, having already arranged
>
> time off and all.  Ugh.
> Tracy
>
>
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