[NAGDU] Home again

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Lyn.
We had a shortened class because of, you guessed it, COVID.  It was supposed
to start on Jan 3, but TSE had an outbreak and had to dealy the start.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lyn Gwizdak via
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 11:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Home again

Wow Tracy, you're home already. Is TSE only doing 2-week long classes? Glad
you're happy with Igloo. Krokus will like having a playmate.

Margo, didnt you just get back with Tami recently? Hope all is well with
you and all that bad weather back there. Aristotle is doing fine. He is 7
now. Time flies when you're having fun. He was in heaven on Christmas day
when we went to my niece's and her boyfriend's house way out in the boonies
of San Diego County. They have a really nice little mixed breed that was
rescued from Mexico. For a small dog, he isnt yappy at all and not dog
aggressive. Ari and he ran around the house (it was raining!) Then they
settled down chewing bones. Ari's dog friends are not living here anymore.
He does see his human friends.

Everyone keep safe with coronavirus and snow and ice around.

Lyn and Aristotle

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 7:17 PM Elizabeth Campbell via NAGDU
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Tracy, I am so glad that things are going so smoothly for you and for
> Igloo. Keep up the great work.
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:16 PM Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <
> nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Igloo and I came home today.  I'm a bit tired.  Not sure how he feels,
> but
> > he's lying quietly next to me.  We'll go out for a little walk in a bit.
> > Krokus is being a bit of an idiot, wanting to play, but he's settling
> down.
> > Igloo is in the on-leash phase of homecoming for a while, and I don't
> want
> > them getting all rambunctious until they know each other a bit.
> >
> >
> >
> > We had a great class.  My instructor was very patient in helping me
break
> > some bad retrain habbits.  Now I have to keep it up.  I feel like I
> really
> > learned stuff in class, which is great.
> >
> > Igloo continues to be a great guide.  He's run some curbs, bumped a few
> > things, and we've had a few wonky crossings we had to rework, but every
> > time, when we reworked, he did great.  We've only been together 2 weeks,
> so
> > mistakes are to be expected from both of us.  He's fast and  easy to
> > correct, and he listens to me and tries to do what I want.  A trainer
> > brought us home this morning, and we took a short walk so I could ask
her
> > about a couple crossings and get started targeting a couple things.  It
> was
> > amazing to zip along in places where Krokus and I had been crawling.
> > Judging by the familiar routes we worked in training, he'll stay
> reasonably
> > fast, even when it's the same-old.
> >
> > We went into New York City last Friday.  He was great!  We took the
> subway,
> > and he was fine.  We walked along the platform for a bit, and he kept me
> > well away from the edge.  We walked about 18 blocks in midtown, and he
> got
> > 2
> > traffic checks, some pedestrian checks, trotted past a flock of pigeons,
> > and
> > ignored all the garbage on the ground.  I was thrilled!
> >
> > It was a lot of anxiety getting into class, but it was worth it.  He's
> > everything I wanted. I couldn't be more pleased.
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
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