[nagdu] First walk with a guide

[Craig Heaps]

How exciting.  My dog is a fast walker and so am I.  But dogs all walk at 
different paces.  So I would hope whoever selects your dog for you picks a 
dog that walks at your pace.  The fiirst dog I was assigned at Guide Dogs 
for the Blind didn't walk fast enough, so they switched dogs for me.  Chase 
was a much better match.

Craig and Chase
craig.heaps at comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fatmir Seremeti via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
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Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:59 PM
Subject: [nagdu] First walk with a guide


> Hi all
> Last Wednesday I had the chance of walking with a guide dog for the first 
> time. It was just a short walk to get the feeling of working a guide but I 
> loved it. I got the feeling that this dog knows what he is doing but I 
> found my self to walk in a very stif way and afraid of stepping at his 
> paws. I also thought he was walking very fast and when I say fast I mean 
> almost running. I normally walk at a fast pace but this was fast even for 
> me. I guess that when I get in to training I will learn how to control the 
> pace?
> In one week I will be of to Stockholm for 4 days of guide dog information 
> and lots of walks with different guides. I can't barely wait.
>
> Med vänliga hälsningar / best regards
> Fatmir seremeti
> +46705103634
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> Twitter: @goalballfatmir
>
>
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