[nagdu] Introducing Us Finally

[Larry D. Keeler]

I heard that!  It was even early last month!  I'm from Ann Arbor and 
everyone complained because it was so warm!  Now its really cold and 
everyones complaining!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ava Foster" <avapup.7 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Introducing Us Finally


> Hi Laurel, I'm from Ohio, where the weather can't make up it's mind.
> Last month it was in the 80's. This month it's in the 40's! *laughs* I
> need some nice 60-70 degree days to encourage me to get Cocoa out on
> some longer walks. 40 just feels so cold now! Anyway, it is nice to
> meet you! -Ava and Cocoa, who's sleeping on my shoes
>
> On 4/22/12, Laurel <laurel.stockard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ava,
>> Welcome to the group. I'm Laurel and I have a yellow lab female named
>> Stockard from GDB. You'll make lots of friends here and get lots of
>> good advice I'm sure, I know you've been on here, but welcome anyway.
>> Where are you from? I live in Texas.
>> Laurel and Stockard
>>
>> On 4/22/12, Ava Foster <avapup.7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hiya /smile/. I've sort of been lurking here for a while, sometimes
>>> posting but figure no one has a clue who I am. My name's Ava, I'm 31,
>>> and partnered with my 2nd owner-trained dog. After a car accident back
>>> in 2001, I lost most of my peripheral vision and my central vison was
>>> mostly just colors and very shaky. I was blessed to have a pet dog who
>>> took to the job like she was born for it. A service dog trainer (not a
>>> guide dog trainer) helped me with some things, and family and friends
>>> with others. That was Jet, my big Rough Collie (24" tall, 31" long!)
>>> who retired early due to spay incontinence (she was hyper-sensitive to
>>> the meds). While working wth Jet, I developed Meniere's Disease, and
>>> began to quickly lose my sense of balance and hearing. So while my
>>> daytime vision eventually improved - mostly - my night vision was left
>>> more or less useless. I now am partnered with Cocoa, a 23" tall, 67lb
>>> yellow Lab, who was trained with the help of a service dog program as
>>> a hearing dog first, and then owner-trained as a guide. She luckily
>>> took to it too, once she realized she could not sniff everything...and
>>> everyone /smile/. Jet passed in 2010. Ava is now 8 years old. I will
>>> never owner train again. I am honestly too afraid laws wll be passed
>>> requiring some type of school certification. I know I won't qualify
>>> for a guide dog, since I only use Cocoa's guide skills when it is
>>> dark, unless my daytime vison also becomes legally blind again as it
>>> was after the accident. I have recently lost a lot more color vision.
>>> Anyway, this is our intro! I used to belong to NFB but stopped when my
>>> vision improved; I felt guilty for staying a member I think! * Ava and
>>> Cocoa the Great!
>>>
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