[nagdu] Training

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Fri Jun 15 02:07:54 UTC 2012 

Lately, Jersey has been getting a lot more snow than us!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Training


> Great, you'll like it there!  I just couldn't remember if you had been 
> there maybe a long time ago and forgot what the weather was like or went 
> at another time of year.  It is a nice part of the country.  I've never 
> been to Montana but have been to Colorado.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dmgina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Training
>
>
>> This is my first time there, this is why I asked.
>> Thanks for sharing.
>> Dar
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:17 PM, "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Dar,
>>> My preferred time to go to Seeing Eye is in the fall classes.  I'm 
>>> originally from that basic region of the country.  I grew up just 
>>> outside of NYC in Connecticut.
>>>
>>> If you get the September class, the weather can be transitional - hot 
>>> and humid one day and cool and cloudy the next.  Basically, the days are 
>>> still warm and there are rainy days.  Bring clothes to layer and rain 
>>> gear.  If you get the October class you can still have plenty of nice 
>>> days but the class ends in November.  Very rarely will you get snow 
>>> during this time but it isn't totally unknown to happen.  the early 
>>> mornings can get quite chilly - 30s and even high 20s.  Sometimes there 
>>> can be a little "black ice" that usually melts when the sun comes up. 
>>> there can be rainy, chilly days. It can be windy in Morristown but i 
>>> think the students get to sit in the new downtown lounge to wait for 
>>> your turn to work with the instructor.  For this class, bring plenty of 
>>> clothes that you can layer or bundle up with.  Oh, if you have any sight 
>>> at all, you'll get to see the wonderful foliage!
>>>
>>> The times it tends to be really icy and snowy are the December, January, 
>>> February, and sometimes even during the march class.  My Seeing Eye 
>>> classes have been in March, May, September, and October classes.  For 
>>> me, if I can't get into the October class, I'll just tell them I'll wait 
>>> for the spring classes and avoid the worst of the winter.  I can't walk 
>>> on ice either and my arthritis will be really bad back there in the 
>>> cold, raw, wet weather then.
>>>
>>> Hey, want a slow dog!  that describes Landon LOL!  Those aren't really 
>>> that hard to find.  But it does matter what dogs are currently in the 
>>> strings of dogs there now or are due back in for training.  The dogs for 
>>> the fall and winter classes are just starting to come in from the puppy 
>>> raisers to get their four months guide training before they are ready 
>>> for classes.  Also, tell them you can come in on short notice if they 
>>> have a good dog for you and there's a cancellation.  that happened like 
>>> that for me when I went to get Jacob in 1999.  It worked for me.  Also, 
>>> be open as to breed and sex of the dog.
>>>
>>> I know how hard it is to be in the after acceptance stage and the wait 
>>> for the class date time.  It is hard to plan other things and you have 
>>> to tell folks, "Yeah I can do that IF I don't have my dog class then." 
>>> It will come.  they do a great job of matching a good dog.  I wish you 
>>> lots of luck and enjoy New Jersey.  You'll get a trip to NYC - usually 
>>> Times Square.  I forget, will this be your first time at The Eye or are 
>>> you a returning student?
>>>
>>> Lyn and Landon
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:27 PM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Training
>>>
>>>
>>>> I must share this story, just cracks me up every time I think of it.
>>>> I was in training with my dog, when we were learning how to get into a 
>>>> car.
>>>> This was the back seat of the car.
>>>> I started getting in with one foot inside and sitting down.
>>>> The next thing I knew here was this big dog sitting on my lap.
>>>> the instructor wanted me to correct dog, but I was laughing so hard, 
>>>> that I wasn't going to be able to do this.
>>>> I pulled my foot in and the instructor shut the door.
>>>> I know I laughed hard for at least one minute with this goofy dog on my 
>>>> lap ever so proud.
>>>> When I opened up door, and dog got off lap, we started all over again.
>>>> Then the dog got in just the way he was trained.
>>>> i have to say having my arms around the dog laughing, I feel broke ice 
>>>> for both of us.
>>>> that he knew he has business to do as well as he could make me laugh.
>>>> Now it doesn't take much for me to laugh, so he didn't have to work 
>>>> hard.
>>>> Of course I got the serman how I couldn't let this happen in a cab oh 
>>>> ya or in a private car.
>>>> I smiled and walked on my way.
>>>> You know, there has to come a time when we let the dogs show some of 
>>>> their sillyness so we can get to know them.
>>>> this is what I think anyway.
>>>> Still waiting for class date.
>>>> If anyone lives in the New Jersey area, let me know what it is like in 
>>>> the fall.
>>>> The later the school keeps telling me the more afraid I am of wanting 
>>>> to go here.
>>>> I can't walk well on ice in Montana, I sure can't walk any better on 
>>>> ice in a different state loll.
>>>> I keep sharing this, and I don't feel I am being heard,
>>>> all I get is we are trying to train a slow dog for you.
>>>> I understand for the most part this doesn't happen, where you see,
>>>> I am in Montana and in October not to far ago we got a foot of snow.
>>>> I don't trust at all.
>>>> Friday it was a beautiful day and Saturday morning we couldn't even 
>>>> open the back door because of the snow.
>>>> so you see, I am very concerned training in the fall.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> --Dar
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>>>> www.twitter.com/dmgina
>>>> every saint has a past
>>>> every sinner has a future
>>>>
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