[nagdu] From what school did you get your dog?

[Mary Wurtzel]

Hello,
I got Felix, who is a male black lab from the Guide Dog Foundation.   I knew
I needed a balance dog as well as a guide.  Felix is a wonderful guide and
balance dog.  He is very fixated on food.  His scavenging is getting better
but is not gone.  I still cannot trust him in the house to get food or
something else in his mouth. 
I am not willing to give up the work he does.
Mary

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lori Dent via
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Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 12:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] From what school did you get your dog?

Hi all,

I got my first guide dog back in 1997 from Pilot Dogs in Columbus, Ohio. I
knew someone who had a Pilot Dog and they encouraged  me to go down to Pilot
Dogs and take a tour of the ficility . So that's what I did. While I was
there I got to walk with a female Golden Retriever  and the trainer who took
me out for that first walk was John Bertram and after I took that first walk
with that Golden I knew that this is what I wanted was a guide dog. They
wanted me to go home and think about it some more but there was no doubt
that a guide dog was the right choice for me. So this female Golden
Retriever  that I got to walk with or test out for the first time did
actually become my Pilot Dog. Besides  getting my first female Golden
retriever, I also had four more dogs from Pilot Dogs and they were in order
female Golden retriever, a male black lab, another male black lab, a male
yelllow lab, a male  black Standard Poodle. But after having my black
Standard Poodle  I decided to change guide dog schools because Pilot Dogs
just wasn't working out for me

So now I'm with Leader Dogs and I  have had 2 wonderful dogs from
LeaderDogs.  changing  guide dog schools was the best decision I ever made. 
I'm happy  with my current guide dog school and I always will get my dogs
from LeaderDogs. Take care.

Lori and the Gipper 


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