Sheylly, I am looking forward to reading this, it sounds so sweet. Patti You can't bounce the bounce if you can't pronounce the bounce. --From The Tigger Movie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:56 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Book submitted:: Chelsea The Story of a Signal dog > Book submitted an easy valiadation. > under the .rtf section of the website. > > I read this one, because i wanted to, smile, and fixed errors as I went. > however, it does need a spell check as some of the words got seperated by > a > space. like pas senger, mess age, in form ation and the like. My > Braillenote spell check isn't advanced enough to know they needed to fit > together. So if i missed any a spell check with Word should find them. > Besides that all is good with the book all page numbers and pages > accounted > for and junk removed. > Chelsea: The Story of a Signal Dog > By Paul Ogden > > From the Book Jacket: > Chelsea: The Story of a Signal Dog is the heartwarming, humorous, > inspirational love story of a young deaf couple and the beautiful Belgian > sheepdog who acts as their "ears" When Paul and Anne Ogden felt they > needed > a better link to the hearing world, they turned to Canine Companions for > independence, a unique organization that trains dogs to help deaf and > disabled persons live more successfully and creatively with their special > needs. It was at a CCI training center, in a two-week session so tough > it's > called boot camp, that the Ogdens were matched with Chelsea, a > professional > signal dog trained to respond to a wide repertoire of hand signals. For > Paul > Ogden and Chelsea it was love at first sight, and the story of these two > weeks at CCI is in part the story of the extraordinary bonding that takes > place between a person and a dog who will always be at each other's side. > Ogden also introduces us to the dogs' dedicated trainers and reveals the > fascinating selection process for professional dogs. Through him we meet > other students in the program, discovering how a professional dog becomes > an > effective, working companion. > Once the Ogdens return home with Chelsea, the story unfolds in lively > detail. Life in a deaf family with an "almost human" dog seems to be a > constant series of adventures and misadventures, and as Chelsea matures > into > a proud professional, readers will be utterly captivated by her charm. In > addition to being a heartfelt animal story, the book shows us life in the > deaf world and demonstrates the important contribution that Chelsea and > other working dogs like her make when they open up communication between > the > hearing and the nonhearing. From amusing stories of misunderstandings that > occur, such as when people mistake Chelsea for a Seeing Eye dog and insist > on helping Paul cross the street, to his description of the beauty of sign > language and how it works, Ogden vividly and insightfully educates as he > entertains. Poignant, touching, and joyful, Chelsea reveals deeper truths > about the way we communicate or fail to communicate with one another, > while > conveying the spirit of triumph that once again proves that dogs are man's > . > (and woman's) best friend. Chelsea is a love story guaranteed to delight. > Paul W. Ogden, professor of deaf education at California State University > at > Fresno, is the coauthor of The Silent Garden: Understanding the > Hearing-Impaired Child. He lives with his wife, Anne Keegan Ogden, R.N., > and > their signal dog, Chelsea. When Paul is not teaching, writing, or > beachcombing, he is collecting stories from deaf people for an anthology. > > Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > Graduate Advisory Council > www.guidedogs.com > > The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to > stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. > > -- Vance Havner > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005 > > >