[NAGDU] They don't quit

[Yiska]

So true.  My third guide really loved his job.  He tried his hardest to do
his job even on the last day he worked where his vet determined his retinas
were working at half capacity and he was night blind.  Our guides are so
dedicated.
Yiska

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 3:22 PM Sherri via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Such touching stories.  No one loves us like our guides.
>
> Sherri
>
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> Cc: Sherry Gomes <sherry.gomes at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] They don't quit
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> I had a sweet highly bonded golden retriever from 1990 to 1999. When she
> retired, since I lived in an apartment where I couldn't have pets, I gave
> her to my sister. We lived in different states. A couple years later, I
> went
> home for a visit and one night went to my sister's. I had a yellow lab male
> by then. My golden was old. She had terrible arthritis and was blind and
> partly deaf. But when I went to put my current guide's harness on, that old
> sweet dog tried to put her head in the harness. She never forgot, even not
> seeing me for two or three years. It broke my heart and I wanted to scoop
> her up and take her home with me.
>
> Sherry
> Sherry.gomes at outlook.com
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [NAGDU] They don't quit
>
> When I am with Fisher, I am amazed. I think I have mentioned that I retired
> him almost four years ago because of his dog distraction. He would lunge at
> other dogs, and now and then he pulled me down. Well, that hurt, and
> people,
> well meaning ones, were trying to tell me how to handle him. It just wasn't
> working out for me. I probably had a temper tantrum the day I retired him.
> I
> am sorry I did it; he was too young, but we have to move on and perhaps
> even
> learn from our mistakes.
>
> About 19 months ago I had hip replacement surgery, and last December I had
> shoulder surgery, so often I couldn't take him out. It was a long time
> before I could do so regularly. Often he would come to me as if to say,
> "Are
> you sure you aren't taking me out?"
>
> Last night and today he was very assertive about what it was he wanted.
> I've
> been taking him out quite regularly now, but Bob does from time to time.
> Last night after his dinner, Bob put Fisher's leash on him. They were by
> the
> stairs and I was in my chair in the living room. Fisher lead Bob to me, so
> I
> took him out. This morning after his breakfast, Fisher walked up to me on
> the left side and licked my hand. Bob was in front of me and called him. He
> went to Bob, but then he reached back out to me. I have been touched by
> that
> kind of loyalty even though I haven't always been able to take him out. I
> think more and more that I will replace him, because I surely do misusing a
> dog.
>
> Cindy Lou Ray
>
> cindyray at gmail.com <mailto:cindyray at gmail.com>
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>
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