I waited till I had graduated before getting my dog for the reasons that you discussed E. My high school wasn't ready for a blind student and I know they weren't ready for a guide dog. It worked out. I got Judson in July after I graduated from HS. and before I net to my undergrad university in August. Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other. Carolyn Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:56 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just sent Hero With a Thousand Faces to admin queue How cruel some kids can be! Had it not been for those kids, your first dog would have worked out. My best friend in high school got a dog before our senior year, but the school superintendent made her keep him outside in a kennel. The kennel was in the sun during that hot September, and her dog got a heat stroke and died. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth and Burton" <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just sent Hero With a Thousand Faces to admin queue I really got my first dog at sixteen the summer before my senior year in high school. My schoolmates drove cars near the dog and slammed on brakes to make that screechy noise. They came up to the dog and pretended to hit it or kick it or made loud noises and sudden movements near it to scare it. By the end of the year, the dog would come home and cower behind the couch. She went back to Seeing Eye. I went back to Seeing Eye the summer before my freshman year in college to get my second dog. So I think of this second dog as the first one I had for a long time. E. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/2006 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.