[NAGDU] applying for a guide dog

[Dar]

Well not everyone is a fast walker.
I had an instructor share as long as you are getting out with your dog that is what matters.
I also have a balance problem a heart problem so I pick the pace to be able to go further than not go at all.
Now with exercising as I do, my heart is quite healthy, where I still pick the pace.
The crack in the middle of the sidewalk can really hurt when your toe hits it and you didn’t feel the fall coming at all until you are down. 
Doesn’t make one a happy camper.
I have known folks who have come to the school being a slow walker where they still got a dog.


Dar 
Every Saint has a past, 
Every sinner has a future, Sent from my iPad

> On Aug 28, 2019, at 4:59 PM, Madison Martin via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I just wanted to clearify something. I'm not actually currently applying to
> GDF because I have to work more on my O&M before I can apply. That's what my
> O&M instructor told me. I need to work mainly on my confidence and my pace,
> I'm a slow walker (except when I'm walking sighted guide). My instructor
> told me that my slow pace won't work with a guide dog. However, when my
> instructor tells me that I'm ready (and once I have 3 routes) then I'm
> deffenetly applying to GDF. I just thought that I should clearify things, in
> case anyone thought that I am actually currently going through GDFs
> application process. 
> Madison
> 
> 
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