[nagdu] My introduction

[L Gwizdak]

Welcome Lisa!  You'll have to tell us about your application process at the 
German school.  Did you know that it was a German guide dog school that was 
the inspiration for the future Seeing Eye that is in New Jersey, USA!  I 
don't know the name but they were training WWI blinded vets with guide dogs. 
Dorothy Harrison Eustis wrote an article in an American magazine, The 
Saturday Evening Post about the German school back in the 1920s.  A young 
blind man, Morris Frank, wanted her to train him with a dog and he traveled 
to Switzerland and came back with the USA's first guide dog! He and Eustis 
started The Seeing Eye, Inc in 1929.

Curious how your health insurance pays for your training.  What does the 
school charge?  Here, we pay very little or the dog is free depending on 
what school you go to.  How did they already know exactly what dog you were 
getting before you go to the school?

I'm Lyn, a 63 year old man living in San Diego, California.  I use Seeing 
Eye dogs from Morristown, NJ.  I just retired my last dog in May.  He is a 
Lab/Golden retriever cross and he is now a facility dog for a senior 
assisted-living place in my area.  His name is Landon.  I am awaiting a 
suitable match at Seeing Eye for, hopefully, the Sept. class.  I've worked 
guide dogs since 1973.  Again welcome and hope you enjoy the list!  I'm not 
on much but there is good discussion here! There's alot of years worth of 
experience here as well.

Lyn and no dog yet
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 6:01 AM
Subject: [nagdu] My introduction


> Hello everyone!
>
> I just joined this mailing list and would like to quickly introduce 
> myself.
> :-)
>
> I am Lisa from Germany. I'm 20 and totally blind. I live with my boyfriend
> Philipp and our pets; two canaries and two guinea pigs.
> I spent the past six months fighting with my health insurance company to 
> get
> my very first guide dog.  You know, here in Germany it's normal that the
> health insurance pays for your guide dog.
> It was an incredibly exhausting time but on Thursday, I finally got the
> acceptance letter.
> And I'm going to start training on September 8. Woohoo, only three weeks
> from now! I still can't believe that it finally worked.
> My future companion is a black labrador named Taylor.
>
> I'm looking forward to exchange experience and opinions with you all.
>
> best wishes from Germany
> Lisa
>
>
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