I’ve never participated in the assistance dog blog carnival until now. The crew over at ruled by paws is running this round, so when they put out the call for submissions I thought, why not, let’s try this. Yager is my second guide, and I got him from canine vision canada We graduated on October … Read more
Hey all; We had our first walks today, and it feels great to have the harness in my hand again. I do have audio this round. Her’s audio of our first walk. Here’s our second walk! You know what I forgot to post the day it happened? the successful potty for yagger! that was recorded … Read more
Day two wasn’t bad. More healing in the morning, and then receiving our dog’s! I have a Black lab Named yagger Born January 22, 2012 Weighing 87.8LB/39.9KG! He’s a tank compared to Cleveland! He’s been a little hold outish about relieving, but that’s to be expected. We’ll get into actual guidework today, as yes it’s … Read more
Hello all; Ok, so today was theory and more theory, and stuff that for peet sakes I’ve done before, give me my dog! Lol! Anyhow, we did juno, healing and harness walks, and were issued our perminant leashes and collars. We also got the chance to have one of the class dogs that has been … Read more
Hello; As you will know from my post about Cleveland’s retirement I had been considering a successor dog, but hadn’t made a firm decision. After that post, I thought, talked, researched, and thought some more. I then decided that I wanted a successor dog. So off to the application process I go. I decided to … Read more
Hello all my readers; Those of you that follow my facebook twitter and audioboo will know that there were problems cropping up with my beloved guidedog cleveland, and it wasn’t getting better. I tried everything short of screaming, gentle leader, strictly back to basics, etc. His focus wasn’t there, and it got to a point … Read more
I don’t post in forever, so have this. This needs absolutely no introduction. This has taken some time to compile, but thanks to diligence of list members, here’s the completed piece. Handlers and non handlers, enjoy! “YOU KNOW YOU ARE A GUIDE DOG HANDLER WHEN…” By members of the GDB Lounge – a Yahoo Group … Read more
Hey all; Have more audio from the 7th and the 8th of September. the First one is a bunch of mixed things that I forget all what’s in this file, so how about you just go get the file from september 7th and enjoy The next one is a trip to and from Mcdonalds. Discussions … Read more
so I’ve been here in Toronto since 9/5/2012. I have 3 pieces of audio for you. The first night, we decided to go to the variety store. and hey, next time, I’ll turn right instead of going to the corner. join us on the 5th of September for this adventureIt lasts just over 44 minutes … Read more
I’ve met many a friend through guidedogs for the blind One of them is this wonderful ladywho has just graduated from the san rafael campus with a beautiful, and might I add rather heavy, yellow lab named arden. When she graduated, she wrote the speech I am about to reprint, with her permission. It touched … Read more
