[NAGDU] Retirement

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Mon Aug 9 20:51:09 UTC 2021


I never realized how much I would miss a dog. I retired Fisher early, as you all may remember, and yet now I long for the harness in my hand and to go around things with the quiet efficiency of a dog. I’ll be glad to get a class date.
Cindy
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> On Aug 9, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Melissa.
> I sympathize.  Krokus is going to retire too, when I have a class date,
> probably.  I've never been one to do the semi-retirement thing, though I see
> its good points.  
> Not having a dog by my side sure makes me appreciate having one.  I always
> find so many things with my cane that my dog just quietly avoided.
> Sometimes it's good to know about those things, but usually I'd rather just
> go around them.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melissa R. Green
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2021 2:51 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Melissa R. Green
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Retirement
> 
> Hi all.
> I semiretired my girl.
> It has been good for her.
> Yet I am still sad, and while waiting for a new dog. I still get emotional
> and anxious. Whin I don't hava her by my side. I miss that feel of the
> harness in my hand.
> There are no rules. You have to design the rules. Many gave me for being
> involved with her. Yet, it is working for us. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Susan Jones via NAGDU  <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To:  nagdu at nfbnet.org
> CC: sblanjones11 at sbcglobal.net
> Date: 08/01/2021 4:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Retirement
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Tracy,
>> 
>> As every new dog is different, so every retirement is a different
>> experience.  It's not pleasant, but don't miss letting yourself feel it
> for
>> what it is.  Then you'll be ready to move on when your next dog comes.
>> 
>> Susan
>> sblanjones11 at sbcglobal.net
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via
> NAGDU
>> Sent: Sunday, August 1, 2021 10:21 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: [NAGDU] Retirement
>> 
>> Krokus is my 7th dog.  You'd think I'd be totally able to deal with
>> retirement decisions by now, but no, it doesn't get any easier with
>> practice.
>> 
>> A few weeks ago, we Seeing Eye graduates got an email from Admissions,
>> advising anyone who thought they might need a successor dog in the next
> year
>> or so to put in an application, so Admissions could plan and manage the
>> waiting list.  Krokus is 8 and a half now, so I started the application
>> process, with a hold until some time next year. 
>> 
>> He's always been "Poky Krokie", and I've always had to remind him to keep
> up
>> a decent pace, but now I'm reminding him a lot.  He was OK yesterday, when
>> we went somewhere different, and he was great when we were in a familiar
>> place we hadn't been in for a while, but, when we got into an unfamiliar
>> place, he got hesitant, and wanted to follow my husband.  When I have to
>> wait a couple minutes for a traffic signal, especially if I miss a turn
> and
>> have to wait again, he lies down, even if it's not hot.  
>> 
>> He's always been somewhat hesitant and prone to mysterious stopping,
>> especially in unfamiliar areas, which makes me crazy, because I have to
>> figure out if there's a reason like a curb or big obstacle just out of
>> reach, or he's looking for someone to follow, or he wants an unscheduled
>> relief stop.  I hate it.  It confuses the heck out of me every time.  He's
>> also very likely to creep up to curbs and exits, often stopping feet short
>> of a door.
>> 
>> I think he still enjoys working, but mostly if it's not hard and it's not
>> long.
>> 
>> So I guess I'll take the hold off my application.  
>> 
>> He'll be bored not working, though.  He can go for walks with my husband
> and
>> sniff as much as he likes, which he will enjoy, but then Jerry will have
> to
>> worry about him scavenging something he shouldn't, another thing he tries
> a
>> lot.  Oy.  I hate retiring a dog.
>> 
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> 
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