[nagdu] retirement

[Hannah Chadwick]

Marsha,
Which school did you go to? Yes, Princess is a poodle and now I am beginning
to understand the idea of having ownership of our dogs.
I am on the quarter system which ends in a few weeks and then there's break.
I do live in the dorms, but it's an apartment on campus so it's not all that
bad.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marsha Drenth
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:32 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] retirement

Hannah, 

i am sorry you won't get to keep her. That really stinks. If my memory is
serving me correctly, Princess is a poodle, right? There are other schools
who use poodles, where you can get ownership. Not that I am plugging for my
school, but its something to think about. I have also had a pup, and had to
send her back to the school because of that ownership thing. I won't go back
to a school that doesn't give ownership every again. 

When is your semester over? Nor did I realize that you were living in dorms.
I am sorry. atleast for me, I commute to my university so I can escape that
life. 



Marsha drenth
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On Nov 20, 2012, at 11:52 AM, "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you marsha and all. Yes, university life is very difficult for 
> dogs and it does take a lot. Guess Princess doesn't have it either.
> She is only 3 acording to Pilot, and they seem to want her back. I 
> haven't really been able to connect with them because they are not calling
me back.
> I can't have a pet in the dorms and I can't really afford to keep one 
> either, but I do have very close friends who would love to have Princess.
> I'm going to do my best to try to keep her, but since I don't have 
> ownership of her and she is only 3, I think that she'll get some more 
> training with Pilot and go work with someone else. Maybe she'll do 
> better in other environments, who knows...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marsha 
> Drenth
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:36 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] retirement
> 
> Hannah,
> 
> 
> Awwww I am very very sorry to hear about this. Its so hard to retire 
> your parnter at any point. Espically during your semester. I have been 
> there done that, not sure i want to do that again.
> 
> I am learning as a university student myself it takes a very very 
> special pup to be able to put up with university life. My university 
> also has many of the same challenges as yours. Squirrels, bikers, 
> skateboarders, thousands of students, cars, trucks, subway, train, 
> birds, and more. The pup so far is doing great, emma could not.
> 
> I wish you luck. Will you keep Princess as a pet? And will you get 
> another guide? Just curious.
> 
> 
> 
> Marsha drenth
> Sent with my IPhone
> http://adventureswith2feet4paws.blogspot.com
> 
> On Nov 19, 2012, at 11:58 PM, "Hannah Chadwick" 
> <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> I hope everyone is doing well. I haven't been posting or keeping up 
>> with everything recently because this is my first quarter at UC Davis 
>> and things have been pretty crazy. Now that everything is sort of 
>> falling in to place, I wanted to welcome everyone who is new to the 
>> list, the people who have returned, and an update about Princess.
>> Unfortunately she has not improved much since I last posted about her
> work.
>> it has been almost a year, and campus is a pretty busy place. We have 
>> a lot of distractions - all the students, over 20,000 bikes, and the 
>> millions of squirrels that we pass every day - so Princess is not 
>> doing so well. I thought that perhaps being here for over 3 months 
>> would help, but it has not, and she continuously walks me in to 
>> objects, wants to run after the squirrels or students, and seeks 
>> attention from everyone who says something along the lines of, "awww! 
>> Cute
> doggie!".
>> With all this in mind, I have decided that I will retire her because 
>> of all the stress for her and for me.
>> I know that it will be a great loss since we've bonded, but I've also 
>> had a lot of time to get used to this idea. I don't know when I will 
>> retire her because Pilot has not been very good about returning my 
>> calls, but I do know that it will happen very soon.
>> I'm sure many of you have gone through this before, and I just hope 
>> that I won't be too depressed over it.
>> Once again I hope everyone is doing well with your guides, and happy 
>> Thanksgiving! :) All the best, Hannah
>> 
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