[nagdu] retirement

[Tami Jarvis]

Hannah,

Wow! I am so sorry that Princess is not getting past the distractions 
and all. I know how hard you worked to get her and how much you love 
her. I'm also proud of you for making the best decision for both of you. 
It isn't easy, but it's how it is.

As a poodle guide user, I know about the poodle temperament, excitement, 
distractability, those things you describe. Some poodles, it seems, can 
go dancing down the sidewalk looking everywhere but where they are going 
without running anybody into anything. But it makes sense that not all 
would be able to do both at the same time. I'm sorry you ahve to make 
such hard decisions for your precious, beautiful girl.

Keep us posted. You know we are all here with you!

Tami

On 11/19/2012 08:58 PM, Hannah Chadwick 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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