[nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
Trish Hubschman
palhub at optonline.net
Mon Mar 31 13:54:16 UTC 2014
Janice,
Where would you get a new guide dog? Why does everyone come to Long
Island? Are there other guide dog schools?
Trish
-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janice Toothman
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 9:45 AM
To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
Hi Marsha,
When my life settles down enough for me and they find another guide for me
to train but the earliest I would be free is after the Deaf Blind Camp.
Janice
On 3/29/2014 1:02 PM, Marsha Drenth wrote:
> Janice, When will you be officially retiring your pup? And when do you
> think you will go back for a guide? Very curiously,
>
> Marsha drenth
> Sent with my IPhone
>
>> On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Janice Toothman
<janice.toothman at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Trish,
>> No I am not allergic to Destiny but my Asthma is affected my many
things-thankfully not dogs. Unfortunately, I will probably have to give her
back to the Guide Dog Foundation because I do not think I can afford to pay
her vet bills-including four medicines and special dog food as much as I
love her. It will be heartrenching but I know that with Gods help and my
friends on the DB lists and family I will get through it somehow and accept
the new guide dog.
>> Janice
>>> On 3/24/2014 7:33 AM, Trish Hubschman wrote:
>>> Janice,
>>> We were talking about that on the other list. I never thought of
>>> people having allergies regarding guide dogs.
>>> Are you allergic to Destiny? Where will she go if she's retired?
>>> Trish
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janice
>>> Toothman
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 8:29 PM
>>> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
>>>
>>> Hi Delcenia,
>>> Most guide dog schools have poodles or labradoodple (Labrador and
>>> poodle
>>> crosses) for people with allergies or family members with allergies.
>>> The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind where I received Destiny
>>> sends out hair/fur clippings or the possible matches to the student
>>> that they will use to see if they have an allergic reaction to the
>>> hair/fur before meeting the dog.
>>> It depends on how allergic people are to dogs for one and whether
>>> they take medication for it or not to control their allergies or is
>>> it so bad that they have to go to the hospital.
>>> Janice
>>>> On 3/20/2014 4:25 PM, Delcenia Brown wrote:
>>>> Hi Darlene,
>>>> Nice to meet you also. I am new to this list but not to NFB. I have
>>>> been a member for at least 8 years. I have work with the (BSVI)
>>>> state agency over 20 years but no one has ever told me about HK or
>>>> that it was an option for me. I am not sure if it is today. I want
>>>> to keep control and do things before it gets worst. Like I said I
>>>> want to work and with what I want to do it has been challenging.
>>>> Where did you get your guide dog? I started to applying at Seeing
>>>> Eye last year but I chicken out. I would like one. However, most of
>>>> my family has allergies and my grandchildren are terrified of dogs.
>>>> Delcenia
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Darlene Laibl-Crowe
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 3:46 PM
>>>> To: 'NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List'
>>>> Subject: [nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
>>>>
>>>> Hello, Delcenia! Nice to meet you! I am from Florida and I also
>>>> have Usher 2. I was able to go to HKNC because I advocated for
>>>> myself to the state and justified as to why I needed their
>>>> services. My reasoning was that there are NO services for Adult
>>>> Deaf Blind individuals in the State and I had also been a client of
>>>> DBS since 1986. By the way, DBS means Division of Blind Services.
>>>> Anyway, after a few years I kind of got lost in the state's system
>>>> and was not getting the services I needed. So when I began to lose
>>>> more hearing and vision I struggled in a huge way. I didn't know
>>>> anything about HKNC until I started doing research And found out
>>>> about the Florida Deaf Blind Association. I soon met HKNC
>>>> Southeast rep and many of the members of that organization and within a
year I was hearing to NY.
>>>>
>>>> The training is very expensive but the state more than willingly
>>>> paid for that service. I am so grateful that they have. Now, the
>>>> state has grown because I do all I can advocate and educate them
>>>> and others as needed. I don't know everything but what I don't
>>>> know I do my best to
>>> find out.
>>>> One
>>>> thing that I have learned is that it is important to know what
>>>> resources are out there and how you can use it for your specific
>>>> needs. HKNC taught that to me and it is something that needs to be
>>>> taught to many.
>>>>
>>>> As for the balance issue, I, too, did not have problems with
>>>> balance but I've noticed more lately that I am getting dizzy...I
>>>> think it is because I can't quite focus on something to maintain a
>>>> sense of balance. It isn't too bad...and hopefully it won't get worse.
>>>>
>>>> My guide dog is wonderful about being sure I am good on my feet.
>>>> I've noticed when I get a little off balanced she will slow down
>>>> and let me kind of lean on her a bit to get myself oriented again.
>>>> She is amazing and I am so glad I have her.
>>>>
>>>> I, too, am fairly new to NFB...a little over a year now. NFB is a
>>>> great learning experience as well!
>>>>
>>>> Hope you are able to go to HKNC, it is very a rewarding experience!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (smile)
>>>> Darlene
>>>>
>>>> "God wants to breathe new life into your dreams. He wants to
>>>> breathe new hope into your heart. Don't give up. Hold on and you'll
>>>> begin to see Him do amazing things"
>>>> ~ Joel Osteen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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