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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Deanna:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please do keep us posted as pace is important and is typically a top criteria in the matching process. Personally, I’d be pissed if a school didn’t give me a dog with a pace that was in an acceptable range because dogs are naturally going to slow down with age.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Good luck tomorrow and I’ll be thinking of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Andy and Brie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OAGDU [mailto:oagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deanna Lewis via OAGDU<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 3, 2017 9:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users List<br><b>Cc:</b> Deanna Lewis<br><b>Subject:</b> [Oagdu] An update on My pokey little puppy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope that you all are well and things are going good for you and your pups!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A few months ago, I wrote about Mambo’s pace (again)… Well, GDB said that they would have a trainer in my area in early May, so I’ve had to wait a while, but my follow-up visit is tomorrow, yay!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ananda Twitty from the San Rafael campus is coming tomorrow afternoon to work with us. In the meantime, I was trying some new tricks and tips from other handlers that I’ve received trying to get Mambo to pick up the pace. I haven’t had much luck. It seems like the clicker works best, clicking when he is walking at a good pace. But, it’s rare that he ever walks at a pace that is suitable. I just get so frustrated, but I try hard to keep my cool around him. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Well, we recently started riding the bus home from work, that way we can get a good walk in while the weather is nice. Although it is supposed to storm tomorrow, so I hope we can dodge it during our work with Ananda, LOL. On Monday, his pace was pretty good when we first started out, but didn’t last long. It’s so weird because it’s unpredictable and sometimes in the same area he walks at a good pace, but other times he doesn’t. I hope that makes sense. I try to vary the routes to keep him from getting bored, but he seems to be set in his ways and always wants to turn a certain way, and if we don’t go that way, he slows down and “pouts”. It’s like he doesn’t trust me when I want to vary it up and turn a different way, instead of the usual route. Again, I hope this makes sense, /smiles/.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yesterday, we missed our bus because he was just poking along. I even tried to bribe him, saying, “If you walk fast to get to the bus stop, I will give you a jackpot.” But, alas, it didn’t work…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m hoping that tomorrow he demonstrates some of his worst pokiness in front of the trainer. I’ll keep y’all posted on how things go.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deanna and the pokey little puppy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>This email was Malware checked by UTM 9. <a href="http://www.sophos.com">http://www.sophos.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Sent from the Clovernook email system<o:p></o:p></pre></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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