[nagdu] Class - Dog Day!

[Danielle Antoine]

tracy, congrats to you and Mr. Krokus. LOL! He sounds beautiful and
lots of fun. Welcome to New Dog Syndrome again. Wow, I like the new
schedule. More time to pack stuff in especially for the retreads. Best
wishes for a great outcome in the days to come.

Danielle

On 10/30/14, Ann Edie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
> via nagdu
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:42 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> 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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