[nagdu] Sad news

[Julie McGinnity]

Debbie, I am so sorry to hear about this.  How sudden and
heartbreaking.  I will pray for you.

On 3/18/15, Elise Berkley via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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-- 
Julie McGinnity
National Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President, National Federation
of the Blind of Missouri recording secretary,
graduate Guiding Eyes for the Blind 2008, 2014
"For we walk by faith, not by sight"
2 Cor. 7