[NAGDU] Introducing myself to the list

Sat Mar 2 00:03:33 UTC 2024

Wow Vanessa, that's a great story.  Makes his name even more special.
Tracy

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From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Vanessa Lowery via NAGDU
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 5:33 PM
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Cc: Vanessa Lowery <val4dogs at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Introducing myself to the list

I'm going to try to be good and make this my last message to the list today since I don't want to exceed the five message limit. But virtue is a sponsored dog. For those who don't know what that is, it means that someone who had a whole bunch of money to give to the CI had the right to name a puppy. The person who sponsored Verch with whom I have contact via email is a former member of the military. She retired as a lieutenant colonel. At one time, she raised for The Seeing Eye, but she is now too frail to do so. So, she makes sure that once a year, she names a puppy, and the name usually is patriotic in nature. 

As more people welcome me, I will re Respond to them away from the group. But I wanted the entire group to know the history behind virtues name.
Vanessa and the zoo
Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 1, 2024, at 4:12 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Vanessa and Margo, I beat both of you!  I got my first dog in June of 1980.
> 
> I'm working my 3rd dog from The Seeing Eye and my 8th dog overall.  
> Vanessa, I really like your dog's name.  And what a big boy he is!  My 
> Igloo is a yellow lab/golden, 23 inches tall and 62 pounds.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Margo Downey via 
> NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 12:51 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Margo Downey <margo.downey at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Introducing myself to the list
> 
> Hey, Vanessa! Great to see you here.
> 
> I've known Vanessa for quite a while. Venessa, I beat you by one year. 
> I got my first dog from The Seeing Eye in 1981. The dinosaurs were 
> really roaming even more then. Lol!
> 
> But you beat me. I am with my sixth dog from The Seeing eye.
> 
> I also belong to the GDUI list.
> 
> Anyway, jump in any time.
> 
> Margo and Tami
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vanessa 
> Lowery via NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2024 11:44 AM
> To: NAGDU List
> Cc: Vanessa Lowery
> Subject: [NAGDU] Introducing myself to the list
> 
> Good morning from mostly warm Lutherville, Maryland. My name is 
> Vanessa Lowery, and I was on this list many years ago. So a few of you 
> might remember me from that time or may know me from other Guide Dog 
> related circles.
> 
> I am currently working with my seventh dog from The Seeing Eye, a 
> large male shepherd named virtue (27 inches tall, 87 pounds). I 
> obtained him in the late January, 2023 class (though most of the class 
> was in February). I received my first Seeing Eye dog way back in the 
> day when the dinosaur still roamed the Earth in 1982.
> 
> In 1993, I obtained the second dog, in 1998, the third dog, in 2001 
> the fourth dog, in 2004 the fifth dog, and in 2013, the sixth dog. In 
> total, three of the dogs were labs, and the rest have been shepherds.
> 
> In a separate email, I will explain why I have decided to join the 
> list. But let me also be transparent in that I also am a member of the 
> List run by Guide Dog Users Inc. I think it is reasonable to share 
> information on both lists that will benefit all Guide Dog Users. But 
> in short, I was unfairly removed from the LYFT platform, and  Al Elia 
> was instrumental in getting me back on the platform. I was connected 
> to him by Melissa Allman, the go to advocacy staff member at The 
> Seeing Eye who is an attorney and also a graduate of The Seeing Eye. 
> Cut kudos to Al for getting me back on the platform! Again, I will go into more about that situation in a later email.
> But I wanted to take the time to introduce myself. Everyone have a 
> good one, and stay warm if you're in an area of the country where it is freezing.
> 
> 
> Vanessa and the zoo
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