[nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane

Mon Dec 26 18:55:51 UTC 2011

That's just um well um you can be apricot if you want to. hahahaha

On Dec 26, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:

> That's just what I did want, an appricot poodle!  I would enjoy the contrast!  A big muscular dude with an appricot poodle!  But I think that looking like one would just be too much of a contrast for a dude!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane
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>> Larry,
>> 
>> Some people honestly believe that I perm my hair so that I will look more like my poodle. I am not making that up. I would have an easier time pointing out the absurdities in this assumption and why I find it shockingly offensive and insulting if only I didn't just bust up laughing uncontrollably every time. /lol/ Even if I won the lottery and thus had the time and money to  engage in that sort of vanity, I would have my hair straightened so I don't look so much like a freakin- poodle. Teehee. When I was still married to Mr. Allergy and looking into poodles as guides --  which seemed crazy to me, but whaddaya do? -- my great fear was that I would end up with an apricot poodle that matched my hair color too closely. My chances of ever being taken seriously at work and business or as a math major or in Rotary or as a community leader would have been gone for good. /lol/ Dignity? I think not!
>> 
>> Tami
>> 
>> On 12/25/2011 05:39 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>>> Tami, you sure got conned! Poodlees and even there mixes are sort of
>>> like those laze potatoe chips! You can never stop at one and constantly
>>> look for more! By the way, I sure hope the poodle in Holly isn't showing
>>> on me! It wouldn't go well on this dude!
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 5:47 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> William,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm a poodle addict! /lol/ Once you've tried out your first one...
>>>> /lol/ Mitzi poodle is a 5.5 year old owner-trained guide. I obtained
>>>> her from a private breeder in my State who listened to my babbling
>>>> over the phone about what I wanted in a companion dog in light of my
>>>> plan to get a guide dog at some time in the future, and with such an
>>>> attentive audience, I went on to blurt out that if the companion dog
>>>> turned out to have the right stuff, I would just train it to guide
>>>> myself....
>>>> 
>>>> "I have exactly the right dog for you," she interrupted.
>>>> 
>>>> She was right. Instead of the large red male we had been discussing, I
>>>> took the small black female she recommended. She, it turned out, had
>>>> donated a couple of pups to a west coast guide dog training program
>>>> getting a poodle line going, so she knew the temperament tests and
>>>> what to look for in a guide dog prospect. Mitzi had the right stuff!
>>>> And then some. The breeder has since donated some breeding dogs of
>>>> related lines to that same guide dog program, and when I meet a poodle
>>>> or doodle guide from there I always wonder if we should call it 'cuz.
>>>> /lol/
>>>> 
>>>> Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. My plan for Mitzi's
>>>> retirement replacement is either poodle or dobie, and I definitely
>>>> want to owner train again. The mutt [puppy who chose my partner (DD
>>>> for Daisy's dad from his still much missed coonhound) and which he
>>>> chose at the same instant keeps demonstrating that she has the right
>>>> stuff, so... We've started just adding those little extras with a view
>>>> that I will train her to guide for the next two years or so, just in
>>>> case Mitzi decides to hang up her harness before I plan for her to.
>>>> /smile/ So at least now I know what I will be doing for fun and
>>>> entertainment in my spare time for the next two years. Of course, with
>>>> such an excellent professional older sister to learn from, Zay has a
>>>> much better chance of success than Mitzi did with a first time guide
>>>> dog user as a trainer, whom she then had to train to be a respectable
>>>> handler right at the start of her own career. /lol/ And so, the
>>>> adventure continues.
>>>> 
>>>> Tami
>>>> 
>>>> On 12/24/2011 10:21 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>>>> What breed of dog do most of you use?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Vandervest"
>>>>> <timelord09 at att.net>
>>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 1:18 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] MBTA was Re: beginning to use a cane
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello, I got my 1st dog from Leader Dogs for the Blind and brought him
>>>>>> home on June 23rd 2011, he is a black lab named Lynard and i am VERY
>>>>>> satisfied with him and with the training i recieved at Leader
>>>>>> William And LD Lynard
>>>>>> 
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