[nagdu] Introducing my team.

[Danielle Ledet]

Hi Wayne Welcome! Kudos to you for owner-training. What an
undertaking! You will find many likeminded people here and if you
choose to search the archives there is lots of information. That is
something I follow but have no desire to do for many reasons. I
retired my golden retriever in 2010 and she died last year. I am
currently searching for a new school to train at. For me, immersing
myself in training at the school works best as I know from doing Home
and Away. It was successful and I have no complaints, but staying the
entire 2-week period for retrains at my school would have been a
better choice. Looking forward to hearing about your adventures as you
choose to share. Do you stil live on a farm? If so, it would be more
than interesting to hear of you training and working expriences. I
currently live on a former farm so have plenty of time to take doing
my researchsince there is not any where for us to go. Please cros
fingers, toes, and dog paws that this will change since it has been
long enough I have been here! My first dog probably has his paws
crossed for me in Heaven since he used to do that!


On 11/12/15, Marsha Drenth via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Wayne, My name is Marsha, working my 3rd guide from  GDF. My pup is a
> black lab cross who just turned 5 in october. I am deafblind so my pup is
> specially train to not only guide but to alert for sounds but as well as for
> balance work.
> I am one of the moderators here. We actually have lots and lots of owner
> trainers here on the list. Not one will question your decision to be an
> owner trainer, and if they do then Cindy or I will whip them into shape. LOL
> Not really but we try hard to help everyone understand that its your choice
> and its your decision. I like to think we are a non judgemental list.
> Anyways, hope you enjoy the list, if you need anything just email Cindy or
> I.
>
> Marsha drenth
> email: marsha.drenth at gmail.com
> Sent with my IPhone
> 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 Nov 12, 2015, at 8:16 AM, Wayne And Harley via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello, I am a new list member so I thought it behooved  ( bepawed? *grin*
>> ) me to introduce myself.My name is Wayne Scace. I grew up on my family's
>> dairy farm herding our cows with a collie and a succession of Blue
>> Heelers. I have been a Guide Dog Owner for fifteen years and an Owner
>> Trainer for five of those fifteen. My first three Guides came from a
>> school.  My cureent Guide Dog Harley, is a five year old, male American
>> White Shepherd X Labrador cross. He is my first Owner Trained Guide Dog. I
>> have also Owner Trained two other pups that turned out to be perfect
>> matches for two friends of mine. Those two pups are going strong Guiding
>> my friends. All three have been on "Active Duty" for a bit over four years
>> now.Let's get this next bit out in the open right away.....I have nothing,
>> but respect for all Guide Dog Schools and have zero axes to grind about
>> them. That is NOT the reason that I chose to Owner Train. Choosing to
>> Owner Train is a purely personal decision, akin to choosing whether to use
>> a White Cane, or a Guide Dog to get around. Each of us must decide what's
>> best for us ourselves. I chose to use a Guide Dog and after a decade
>> working with School Trained Guides I decided to take the opportunity and
>> Owner Train. I am in no way, shape, or form saying that every Guide Dog
>> Owner must Owner Train. Just as I do NOT say every blind must uee a Guide
>> Dog. It is the choice of each individual, and I respect those choices, as
>> I ask you to respect mine. By the way:Owner Training predates Guide Dog
>> Schools by several millennia as the Guide Dog School concept is less than
>> a century old, only dating back to post World War One Germany.Have a great
>> week.
>>
>>
>> Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,
>>
>> Wayne M. Scace
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Danielle

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