[NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa

Sat May 6 03:08:58 UTC 2017

You just enter reply to go to the list. 

I was a Seeing Eye graduate, too, but I don't think I will get more dogs for
now. I have to get over the things that are keeping me down now, like a bad
hip.
Cindy Lou Ray
cindyray at gmail.com

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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa

     Oh, yay! Its a Margo and an Isis. You can be my ghinny pig. I am trying
to figure out if reply goes to just the sender or to the whole list. If no
one else on list replies to this, then I will know that it went to you only.
I know some lists require you to hit reply all to get it to the list, and
others have the default of reply going to the whole list.

PS, Ilsa says "Hey, Isis, tell your mommy not to go donating any more money
to my crazy mom. She dragged me to this silly park and there was this nice
walk we went on, but then she made me do the loop again, and then this even
smaller loop around the pond. She wouldn't let me chew on the ducks or the
geese and there were all of these other rude people running who wouldn't let
me catch up with them and be first. Maybe if people stop giving my mommy
money she'll not make me do that again." 
*wagging* "Nah, actually it was really fun, maybe you come walk with us next
year, just don't try to retrieve the ducks. Rusti says ducks are for
retrieving, but I think they look like more for chewing. You're a Labrador,
well, you're a cross, so you be our tie breaker, are ducks for retrieving or
for chewing? PSST, say chewing, or I'll chew on your ears a little when I
see you at convention. Kidding, sort of." *more wagging*"

On 5/5/2017 10:26 PM, margo Downey via NAGDU wrote:
> Hey, Heather, welcome!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of The 
> Pawpower Pack via NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 4:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa
>
> Hello Heather!
> Welcome to the list.  I'm Rox, am Deafblind, and my current working 
> service dog is Soleil, a 6 year old yellow lab.  She is owner trained.  
> I also have Laveau, a 10 year old Doberman who still works from time 
> to time, so Soleil can practice staying home alone!  WE also share our 
> home with Mill'E, who is a almost 15 year old golden.  Sometimes 
> Mill'E makes me put the harness on her so she can stand around and 
> feel official but mostly her job is to keep my feet warm.
> We live in New Orleans where I am an independent contractor doing any 
> number of different things.
> Hope you enjoy the list!
>
>   Rox and the kitchen Bitches:
> Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
> Pawpower4me at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 5, 2017, at 2:57 PM, Jen via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Heather,
>>
>> Welcome! My name is Jen. Although I am not a guide dog user, I am 
>> interested in all things guide dog! I look forward to your posts.
>>
>> spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Heather 
>> Bird via NAGDU
>> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 3:26 PM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Heather Bird <heather.l.bird at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa
>>
>> 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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