[NAGDU] Update on my new dog.

Tue Feb 9 10:39:31 UTC 2021

Hi, last week was a bit warm but I don't cope well in the heat so we tend to
try and do things early in the day. This week has been cooler so walking in
the middle of the day wasn't too bad. Today we went to the major shopping
centre near here where my dentist is. We drove up there and we managed to
park where my mum does when she takes me which is the entrance near my
dentist. It was surprising that we got the right door because there are so
many entrances and I had no way of directing them to the right one. So, we
taught Sherlock how to find the dentist and then we did some escalator work.
We also ran into one of my sisters-in-laws there so she got to watch
Sherlock work. She also watched us go up and down the escalators. She took a
photo of us working and sent it to the family.

Tomorrow we are going to take him up to the vets and get him into their
system.

Bye for now.
>From Shaz.
Canberra, Australia.

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Update on my new dog.

Hi Sharon,
Congrats on your new dog! Sounds like your training is going well. Sounds
like you are getting home training there in Australia. How is Sherlock doing
in your summer heat? The dog came from New Jersey during our winter.
Talk about instant season change!

I dont post much. I have a lab/golden cross named Aristotle. He is yellow
Lab colored and will be 7 years old this coming September. We live in San
Diego, California which is not far from the border with Mexico where we
never go anymore because I dont have a passport card. I've had guide dogs
since 1973 with a couple of breaks between dogs.

Hope all of you on the list is doing fine during the pandemic. Aristotle
still gets some work when I do errands around town.

Lyn and Aristotle

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 5:51 AM Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> He sounds very handsome!  More than half the pups making it is great.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sharon S 
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2021 10:05 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Sharon S
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Update on my new dog.
>
> Hi, sorry I don't think I spelt the colour right. I'll try a different 
> description. He is a golden but a very dark gold. He does however have 
> a white bit on his face between his eyes and some white on his feet. 
> His mum was golden and his dad was black and the litter had both black 
> and gold puppies. I have found out that out of the eleven pups six 
> made it as far as guiding work.
>
> Bye for now.
> From Shaz.
> Canberra, Australia.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, 8 February 2021 12:07 AM
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> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
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>
> Hi Sharon.
> Congratulations!  Sherlock is a great name!  What color is caracole?
> You're
> in Australia, right?  So you are not on lockdown, you lucky duck.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> via NAGDU
> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2021 6:20 AM
> To: Sharon S
> Cc: Sharon S
> Subject: [NAGDU] Update on my new dog.
>
> Hi all, well it is coming to the end of my first week with my new 
> Seeing Eye dog. His name is Sherlock, he is 18 months old and is a 
> caracole coloured.
> He is a lab retriever cross and weights about 32kg.
>
>
>
> We have been on a few walks together, one inside shops. We have been 
> out to dinner and this afternoon I took him to scouts. I wasn't 
> totally sure how he would go at Scouts because they can be noisy at 
> times and I didn't have a trainer with me. What I ended up doing 
> (which the trainer agreed with) was I left him in the car with my mum 
> until after the kids had all arrived, we had done our opening ceremony 
> and they had run off some energy. Then I got them all sitting down 
> quietly and bought Sherlock in. Then we sat there while I explained 
> all about him and the kids got to ask their questions. After that I 
> took Sherlock off to the side of the hall and the kids went on a 
> played their games and totally ignored Sherlock. I had a few that 
> asked to pat him, but I explained that wasn't possible. After I have 
> had him for a few weeks, and he settles in I then may let the kids in 
> small groups pat him once I take the harness off but while he is 
> settling in it is best to have the kids totally leave him alone. My 
> niece was happy that she was coming home with us because once we were 
> in the car, she could pat Sherlock. I was very surprised that my niece 
> managed to keep the secret of Sherlock from the other scouts. I had 
> asked her not to say anything to any of the kids about him, but I was 
> half expecting her to ask me where he was or say something when I 
> first mentioned I had a surprise for the kids. She was really good and 
> didn't say a word before Sherlock came into the hall.
>
>
>
> Well, the trainer is back tomorrow, and we are going to go to the 
> busier shops and try out escalators and lifts. My trainer is only here 
> during the week and they go home over the weekend.
>
>
>
> My parents are off on their holidays tomorrow so it will be just me, 
> Sherlock and Rolo (my retired dog) here at home.
>
>
>
> Bye for now.
>
> From Shaz.
>
> Canberra, Australia.
>
>
>
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