[nagdu] Hi Sara welcome !

Wed Sep 19 00:04:08 UTC 2012

The poodles must be iether recent additions or else specail order dogs! 
When I was looking at other schools for poodles, they told me they didn't 
have them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewel" <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hi Sara welcome !


> Dear Sarah,
> GDF (Guide Dog Foundation) is in New York. I don't know what dogs
> Marsha has had, but GDF mainly has labradors and golden retrievers. I
> believe they also have poodles.
> ~Jewel
>
> On 9/18/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What kind of dogs did you have previously? What were their names?
>> Is Gdf in Florida?
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:33:17 -0400
>> Subject: [nagdu] Hi Sara welcome !
>>
>> Hi Sara, I'm Marsha.  About to get my third pup from GDF.
>>
>> Hope you like the list.  If you need anything, please let me
>> know.
>>
>> Marsha drenth, Moderator
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 17, 2012, at 7:02 PM, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hello everyone, my name is Sarah Meeks.  I am geting my first
>> guide dog in 9 days! I leave in 4 days for training but will get
>> my dog on the sixth dayddHow long should I expect before the ng
>> starts warming up to me?
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com
>>  To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>  Date sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:49:44 -0500
>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class
>>
>>  Most of the dogs tend to warm up to you pretty quickly if you
>> spend a lot of time bonding with them.  The first day or two are
>> the hardest, I think.
>>
>>  CL
>>
>>  On Sep 17, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Tonia wrote:
>>
>>  Rebecca, thanks for the warning because I may have very well
>> gotten
>>  discouraged if he/she didn't warm up to me right away.  So, good
>> to know
>>  that if it happens, it's normal.  I will still keep praying
>> though for a dog
>>  that is lovable and playful.
>>
>>  Tonia
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf
>>  Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
>>  Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:30 AM
>>  To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>> Users'
>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class
>>
>>  Or you may not.  It may take awhile for the new dog to warm up
>> to you.  My
>>  first one took some time to get used to me.
>>  I say this because she didn't want me loving all over her.
>>  I say it this way so you don't get discouraged if your dog is
>> kind of
>>  distant towards you.
>>  The point that Tracey is trying to make is that you won't really
>> be in a
>>  position mentally to do much work.
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf
>>  Of Tonia
>>  Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 12:37 PM
>>  To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>> Users'
>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class
>>
>>  Tracy, thanks for your suggestion.  I have actually done just
>> that.  The
>>  company is aware of my training dates and realizes that I may or
>> may not get
>>  much accessibility testing done while I'm in training.
>> Thankfully, they are
>>  very understanding and generally let me work at my own pace;
>> since they know
>>  I also work full time and have an eBay business with my husband.
>> I'm very
>>  blessed in that respect.
>>  As for eBay while I'm at school, I'll mainly just be helping my
>> husband
>>  relist items and/or print shipping labels; much of which I can
>> do via the
>>  eBay app on my iPhone.  So, that shouldn't be a big deal either.
>>
>>  My number one priority will no doubt be bonding and training
>> with my new
>>  dog.  I'm sure I'll be spending most of my down time relaxing
>> with and
>>  loving on him/her.
>>
>>  Only nine days to go.  I can't hardly wait!!!
>>
>>  Hope everyone is Having  a great weekend,
>>
>>  Tonia
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf
>>  Of Tracy Carcione
>>  Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:18 PM
>>  To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>  Subject: [nagdu] Downtime in class
>>
>>  Hi Tonia.
>>  You mentioned you plan to do some contract work during your
>> downtime in
>>  class.  I just want to give you a word of caution.  If you take
>> some work,
>>  don't make any promises as to when it will be done, or tripple
>> the time you
>>  think it will take.  Even when I wasn't busy with actual
>> training, there
>>  were lectures to study, grooming, play, and just plain resting.
>> I got my
>>  first dog more than 30 years ago, when I was a lot younger.  I
>> don't
>>  remember how much I needed to just plain rest my brain then, but
>> I
>>  definitely do now.
>>  Also, if you bring work, be ready to drop it at a second's
>> notice.  It's
>>  easy to get involved with something on the computer, and, when
>> you finally
>>  surface, your new puppy has torn his blanket to little bits, or
>> pulled the
>>  blanket off your bed, or any number of other puppy tricks.
>>  I like to play computer games, but I don't think I'll play any
>> during class.
>>  It's too easy to zone out and miss something I should be
>> noticing.
>>  Tracy
>>
>>
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