[NAGDU] My new Seeing Eye Dog Ortiz

[Tracy Carcione]

Cool!  Big, skinny puppy!
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brenda via NAGDU
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 3:10 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Brenda
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] My new Seeing Eye Dog Ortiz

Indeed, Ortiz is the big puppy. He is 24 inches high and 60 pounds. Mary got
to do a meet and greet and it is neat that I got to meet the person who name
to my awesome Ortiz.
Brenda & ortiz

Dictated and sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 5, 2018, at 2:58 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> Hi Brenda.
> Is that the famous Ortiz, aka Big Puppy, named for David Ortiz of the 
> Red Sox?  What a fine name!
> Glad everything is going well.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brenda via 
> NAGDU
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 2:55 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: Brenda
> Subject: [NAGDU] My new Seeing Eye Dog Ortiz
> 
> Hello List
> 
> I enjoy reading posts but usually don't post because I'm not on my pc 
> much and still adjusting to a new screen reader in the absence of 
> Window Eyes, and I don't like dictating  emails on my iPhone. 
> Additionally, there was holidays, then preparing for class, going to 
> class and returning home and adjusting to my new life with my awesome
Seeingeye Dog Ortiz.
> 
> I was a first-time handler in the February class at the Seeing eye. I 
> was concerned that snow would cause plane delays arriving or returning 
> and that class would be piled with snow.  We did have snow, but we had 
> a sample of all four seasons.
> 
> On Dog Day, we did not go on the usual first walk in town due to the 
> icey-snowy conditions, but that was the worst of it. I think the March 
> class had it worse than we did.
> 
> My dog Ortiz is a yellow lab-golden back cross (3/4 lab, 1/4 goldin I 
> think). He is a sweetheart, and his work is excellent. The folks at 
> TSE did an excellent job in matching me with Ortiz. The Seeing Eye is 
> an excellent school.  I was concerned that I would gain a lot of 
> weight due to the delicious food, but I have actually lost a couple 
> pounds. Walking is so much more relaxing and fluid (even in the cold) with
a dog instead of a cane.
> 
> Brenda from Ashtabula
> and my Awesome Seeing eye Dog Ortiz
> 
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