Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!Carla.Campbell From: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Carla Campbell) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: DOG GUIDES Message-ID: <16185@bunker.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 90 16:17:02 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/89 - BlinkLink, Pittsburgh PA Lines: 43 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 12269 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] GM> I really enjoyed my training at Leaderdogs. The GM> food was good as well. I was at leaderdogs in February and I GM> nearly froze my butt off. Yipes! I was there in August and nearly froze. I cannot fathom doing February in Rochester, MI. No, thankyouverymuch. Glad you've got such a good pooch. I cannot say that I 'enjoyed' my time at Leader Dogs. I got a lot out of it-- namely one heck of a fuzzy 'mobility aid'-- but I have to admit, despite all the best efforts of the trainers and staff, I felt confined. Maybe it was my class-- there were a few neat people in it, but most were not the sort of folks I would normally have chosen to spend a month with in an enclosed space. Often, I wonder how I will take another 'round' at dog school. Way back then, I was a little more flexible than I am now. I am perhaps a bit more patient, now, but less inclined to tolerate dormitory life, having left college, now, and having disliked communal living so intensely for the last few years of my college life... And now that I have online responsibilities and job responsibilities which I could not lightly put aside for that long.. and a fiance whom I miss after a day or two, let alone a week or two... I just don't think I would deal as well with it now. I guess we'll see. In the mean time, Chance-dog continues to thrive, aside from his little problem with fireworks and Silly Putty. So, with any luck, I won't have to grit my teeth and stomach another month at dog school for a good long while. Cheers! --Carla ... I'm the kind of person my mother warned me about -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!Carla.Campbell Internet: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com