[NAGDU] Introducing myself to the list

Sat Mar 2 03:09:32 UTC 2024

Hi everyone! Hope you all are well and waiting for Spring. We have had alot
of rain here in CA.

Vanessa, welcome back. I remember you. Sounds like a nice shepherd you got.
I have a Lab/Golden cross named Aristotle. He is now 9 and a half and
wanting to retire.

Lyn and Aristotle

On Fri, Mar 1, 2024, 4:05 PM Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Wow Vanessa, that's a great story.  Makes his name even more special.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Vanessa Lowery via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 5:33 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <
> nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 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
> > Sent from my iPhone
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