[nagdu] Sad news

[Elise Berkley]

Oh, Debbie.  I am so sorry.  I will be praying for you and your dog.  You 
are in my thoughts.
Elise and Becky

-----Original Message----- 
From: Debby Phillips via nagdu
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 2:26 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Sad news

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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