[NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa

[Stacie Hardy - NFBHOU]

Hello Heather,

Welcome to the NAGDU list. This list is quite busy, but verry 
informative. I'm currently working my second guide dog, a black lab from 
Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Cash is 8.5 years old. We live in TX with my 
better half and his guide dog, also from GEB and also a black lab, named 
Larry. I look forward to hearing more about you and your family. I too 
am verry active with the NFB. I'm the president of our local chapter, 
vice president of our guide dog division, TXAGU, secretary of our 
Parents Division and an instructor in our BELL Program.

Stacie Hardy <shardy at nfbtx.org>
President: NFB of Texas Houston Chapter
Voice and Text: (346) 704-0190 or (832) 779-7477

"A question never asked is an answer never known"
"Live the life you want!"

On 5/5/2017 2:25 PM, Heather Bird via NAGDU wrote:
> Hello. My name is Heather and I have a Seeing Eye dog named Ilsa. She is 
> a black and tan German Shepherd Dog. She just turned two around Thanks 
> Giving of 2016. She is my second guide from the Seeing Eye, my fourth 
> GSD. I have previously had shepherds from Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation. 
> I am a mother of two boys, who are both visually impaired. My mother is 
> also blind and also a guide dog handler. My husband and my father are 
> both sighted. I am a member of NYAGDU, as are my mother and my husband. 
> I am also the chapter president for our local NFB chapter in Rochester NY.
> 
> Ilsa is very bright, a bit softer than my first TSE shepherd, Frieda, 
> but just as smart. My husband has an owner-trained psychiatric service 
> dog, a seven-year-old smooth coat collie named Dante. He is a sable and 
> he is a very soft, very intuitive sweet dog. My mother has a black lab 
> named Octane from the Seeing Eye. I have her permission to disclose this 
> fact and as many of my best guide dog stories involve both her and my 
> dogs, you may see mention of Octane from time to time.
> 
> I am also a member of IAADP. I am an attachment parent, student of 
> social work, stay-at-home mom and a member of API, and LLLI. I am 
> supportive of owner trainers, handlers of small breed service dogs, 
> handlers with invisible disabilities. I am a big advocate of informed 
> choice in guide dog training program selection, and a big proponent of 
> the rights and responsibilities of all service dog handlers.
> 
> That's the nuts and bolts of me as a handler. Please feel free to ask if 
> you have any additional questions.
> 
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