[nagdu] Sad news

[Tami Jarvis]

Debby,

I'm so sorry to hear you are going through this but glad to know you 
will be safe, and Neena, too. Best in getting another dog soon, if that 
is what you decide to do.

Good luck getting your cane legs back in the meantime. I'm starting to 
do that myself with Mitzi effectively retired or mostly so and wishing I 
had been more diligent about keeping those skills up. Since we moved 
here, I really haven't done practice with the one-legged white dog 
without a 4-legged dog in the mix, so it's an adjustment. Also an 
adjustment for the spousal unit, who has only known me as a guide dog 
user. It's coming back, so I don't feel so hopeless.

Take care!

Tami

On 03/18/2015 02:26 PM, Debby Phillips via nagdu wrote:
> Hello everyone.  I'm feeling hesitant to share this with you all, and
> actually thought about not sharing for awhile.  But things are going
> faster than I want now, and it seems that ow might as well just get this
> shared.
>
> For some time now, Neena and I have been having trouble with dog
> distractions.  And some other things, too.  I was also finding myself
> feeling more and more uncomfortable working with her.  But I wanted to
> give it the six months to a year thing.  Anyway, a few days ago I got a
> call from an instructor at Seeing Eye.  He said that he was going to be
> in my area, and did I have any issues? I said, well, she's pretty dog
> distracted.  We agreed on a time to work together.  We went out on
> Monday afternoon, and there were two German Shepherds behind their
> fence, barking like crazy.  Neena went right toward them.  I corrected.
> Nothing. The dogs began trying to climb over the fence.  So we went on
> to walk past that house and around my neighborhood.  Neena did this
> thing that she sometimes does where she walks totally in front of me.
> So we were going to get an offset handle, thinking that might solve that
> problem.  We walked in some areas where there is quite a bit of traffic,
> and it's close to the sidewalk.  Neena has been startling when cars come
> up behind her.
>
> So we went out yesterday again, and many of the same reactions. The
> instructor said that she looked like she was overwhelmed by all the
> traffic.  I would not have picked up on that.  The other stuff I knew
> about, but I really just kept thinking that if I worked with her long
> enough she'd outgrow some of this stuff. But in the end, she is not a
> safe dog, and will be going back to the school tomorrow.  I am kind of
> numb, then I'm sad, then I'm relieved.  I have put in another
> application, because it's easier to stop one in process than it is to
> decide down the road that hey, I'm ready and then have to wait a bunch
> of months.  I have a funky folding cane, which is very heavy so I
> ordered a cane today.  I don't know when I'll get it.  The folding one
> is very short, so I'll use it until the new one comes.  People keep
> asking me if I want to talk about it.  Right now, I just feel like
> what's there to say?    Peace,    Debby
>
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