[nagdu] Saludos from Mexico My INtro

[Marsha Drenth]

Hi Gerardo, 
welcome to the list, hope you get the information in which your looking for here. 
I am Maarsha, working my third guide from GDF. I am totally blind and profoundly hard of hearing, this means that I wear two hearing aids, can voice for myself, but use tactual sign language. My pup is specially trained to guide, for balance work and alerting. I am a social worker living in Pennsylvania. 
I was so late in responding to your message, ecause as many of the list members I was in Orlando at convention. 
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Again, welcome! 


Marsha drenth  
email: marsha.drenth at gmail.com  
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Please note that this email communication has been sent using my iPhone. As such, I may have used dictation and had made attempts to mitigate errors. Please do not be hesitant to ask for clarification as necessary. 

> On Jul 8, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Gerardo Corripio via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> HI guys
> Gerardo Corripio from Mexico; 37 years old, blind but also 70% hearing loss. I've been very curious of how would it be to have a Guide Dog? especially the companionship 24/7, being able to more independently go out and about, but also the needing to care for the dog in terms of feeding, relieving etc. Here in Mexico, though, the downside of having a Guide dog (several blind friends have gone to Rochester for dogs), is because they don't want to follow the Guide dog laws in public buildings, they the handerl and dog need to wait outside wile the family goes in to the store, restaurant etc. Anyhow, I'm hoping to gain some very interesting insights into the art of having a guide Dog, so if the laws do change, maybe I'll take the plunge? In the meantime, I'm willing to learn! I most likely won't post much since I'm not a dog user, what insight might I have?
> But I do have curiosity on, aside the topics posted above, on breeds: If I were to someday get a Guide Dog, I'd like it to be a Pooddle female, thus I wonder can one choose these traits, or is it responsability of the school to choose the right dog for you?
> Again sorry if these questions sound kind of shall we say dumb, but also a dumb question is never dumb, right? So thanks for accepting me on here, and as I say, I maybe won't post much on here because of what insights can I afford? but looking forward to reading your EMails!
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> Enviado desde mi lap
> Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki
> Saludos desde Tampico, Tamaulipas México
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