[nagdu] Stressed dog?

[Julie J.]

Can you leave her home sometimes?  I have no idea what your living situation 
is, if there's anyone there during the day, how you feel about a dog walker 
or if this idea is just plain no for you, but thought I'd toss it out there.

Monty got slower and slower on the way to work the last couple of years I 
was there.  Like you, I don't know if it was the building, picking up on my 
stress, boredom or what.  I doubt I'll ever know.  I worked there for six 
years before deciding I had enough.  Yes, a lot of blind people have 
difficulty finding a job, but I don't think that means you should be 
miserable.   I don't think blindness should be an excuse for not working, 
but neither do I think it should be the excuse for staying in a bad 
situation.  Believe me, I struggled with this same exact stuff and I get how 
hard it is.

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Daryl Marie via nagdu
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 11:19 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: Daryl Marie
Subject: [nagdu] Stressed dog?

Hi, everyone,
I wrote here a couple of weeks ago about my workplace and its rotten egg 
smell. Basically ever since then, I've noticed Jenny has ben so stressed in 
general, even though the smell is gone.  I've written before how ecstatic 
Jenny is to leave the building at the end of the day, and her peculiar 
reluctance to find the door to find the door to get inside (Jenny is 
normally a door-finding superhero). Whether she's picking up on my work 
stress, finds the lack of sunshine or places to walk boring, or there's 
something wrong with the building itself, I can't tell in particular. But I 
notice that her guide work seems to have a pattern to it. From Friday to 
Sunday, her work has a steady pattern of gradually improving, with Sundays 
being by far the best day. Mondays can go either way. Tuesday to Friday, 
particularly the afternoons, she just seems to be on a HUGE distraction 
kick. Mornings, she is nearly flawless in her work. So for whatever reason - 
boredom, stress (hers or mine or both) or some problem with the office 
building itself - I firmly believe that my job is detrimental to my dog, 
myself, and our partnership.

Unrelated to this, though, I have made a decision to leave my job at the end 
of the year. I am unable to handle the stress of my office dynamics, the 
unwillingness of my employer to be supportive of my desire to be autonomous 
and productive, and the complete isolation in office location. All of these 
elements have combined to make work an incredibly miserable experience.

Any pointers on things to do to ride this out? I've tried to give Jenny 
things to do during the day, but that doesn't seem to help much.

Thanks for any input.

Daryl
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