[nagdu] Class - Dog Day!

[Ann Edie]

Hi, Tracy,

How time flies! It seems like just yesterday that Ben was a young pup. And
here you are with a brand new successor guide! Krokus sounds like a fine
fellow, bright, eager, and cheery, like the spring flower. May you two enjoy
many years of happy partnership!

It sounds as if the new TSE training schedule does not include days of
"heeling" your dog around the building before you are allowed to put the
harness on and use the dog as a guide. I think this is a positive change. I
didn't like the heeling part, especially since we weren't allowed to use our
canes to help us travel around, so what actually happened was that we were
sort of depending on the dogs to "leash guide" without the dogs or people
ever having been taught to do this.

I'm looking forward to hearing about your adventures with Krokus as you
begin going out for walks about town together.

Best,
Ann & Panda

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:42 AM
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Subject: [nagdu] Class - Dog Day!

Well, I'm sure some of you have figured it out.  His name is Krokus, named
for a highly-respected retired TSE trainer, Dick Krokus.
He is a yellow lab, very light, blond, with sandy ears, a tan nose, and
light eyes.  He has a big head and a short, wide nose.  Annd a very waggly
tail.
When Sue brought him into my room and brought him up to me, he jumped on me,
licked my face, chewed on my hair, tried to jump on the bed, and gave me an
armful of wiggly puppy.  I showed him around our room, and he was interested
in everything.  He got in the waste basket, and tried to chew the sponge for
cleaning the dog dishes.  He took his mutt mat out of his crate and gave it
a good shake.  But, after a walk on the leisure path and about an hour, he
has flopped down for a bit of a rest.
He's very mouthy, and I'll have to watch him for a while or I'll lose some
shoes or socks. He's very sweet, and very different from quiet Ben.
He did well on our walk.  He has a very bouncy walk, and his tail waves all
the time.  He was easy to correct when he got off the path.
Later, we'll take our first walk in town.  First comes lunch, with 4 excited
dogs!
Tracy and Krokus



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