[nagdu] class -10 (Yikes!)

[Marsha Drenth]

Tracy,
I am sure in the end it will be okay, but I do understand we all stress about one thing or another going into class. I also do hope that they will switch your instructor. If I might, and of course you don't have to answer, what did this instructor do to hurt you? Did you say anything to TSE after that happened? Everything will work out! Just a few more days right? 
I can't wait to hear what kind of dog you get... 

Marsha drenth  
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> On Oct 17, 2014, at 9:29 AM, 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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