(VICT) Re: Boy Howdy! I have a guide dog!
- From: "dmgina" <dmgina@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:02:51 -0600
Now this is wonderful.
You are walking, or in a wheel chair?
I don't remember.
--Dar
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Every saint has a past
every sinner has a future
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karyn and Thane" <bcpaws4me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Vi-clicker" <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:35 PM
Subject: (VICT) Boy Howdy! I have a guide dog!
> Yowser! Thane is awesome. I love and trust this guy so completely.
> Yesterday
> was a test. A test to see if we could handle the bus beyond our small
> stint
> in town that we had been doing.
> I really wanted to get him out in the real world to test his readiness.
> Testing here in town is great as far as it goes, but our level of
> commotion
> in town is nothing compared to a big city. the stores we can access are
> pretty small with one or two door openings at the front. They have been
> awesome for early training, but it was time to see how well we could
> shine.
> We walked to the bus stop we normally are getting off at. It was a nice
> summer morning and I needed the walk to release the butterflies. What is
> it
> with us people parts of the team! LOL
> We had one of my favorite drivers. We settled down for the ride to
> Freddies
> (Fred Meyers). Thane sat nicely much of the way but there was a tad of
> unease at first. He settled nicely though which was really just way cool!
> We got off the bus for Freddies. We had to cross a very busy street to get
> there. Thane did just perfectly. It was just so cool. I felt so free. The
> parking lot is huge from what I recall the one time I went there with Met.
> It is set up with good sidewalks and crossings with pedestrain safety in
> mind though unlike Bi-Marts giggle
> At that point I decided to try and see if he could busy. I knew the
> likelihood was he did not need it, but I always like to offer- especially
> a
> young dog going into a new experience. We were not too far from the store
> entrance so from there I said find the door. Thane did it in style man- I
> mean it was just so perfect. Of course though we had to enter in the
> smelly
> clothing department! Arg
> Freddies is a store that can really make me sick so I don't make a habit
> of
> shopping there. We caroused all over the store from one department to
> another. I was not planning on buying things until I stumbled upon the
> perfect thing for a project I am doing. Then the fun began! Man this is a
> huge store! Lets see where *take me to pay* is going to take me! LOL Thane
> did not act confused though. He is used to seeing people behind counters
> and
> people in line. He took me to customer service rather than a regular
> checkout- but hey he had a cash register and he stood behind the counter
> Smile
> He let us pay right there which was nice of him.
> From there I told Thane find the door. I mean this is like the hugest
> store
> guys. Who knows what side of the building we were gonna come out of! The
> door was quite a distance from where we paid for our items too. Thane
> found
> a door in grand style. Thankfully to me it was not in the clothing
> department. When we got outside, I said find the bus. I did not really
> know
> if he understood this concept yet as we have only been doing this a short
> time and always the same stop. True to form, Thane took off like he knew
> where to go. When he halted, we were at the bus stop to go home. This is a
> stop he had never been to before, but he must have seen the shelter there.
> The route and distance felt very close to the distance we travelled going
> in
> so we must have come out of the store pretty close to where we went in.
> He was just awesome in there. He tried to hard pull for a couple seconds
> and
> then was just right in tune with me after that. Someone even petted him
> while we talked and he did not turn all juvenile on me. I don't like to
> let
> him be petted due to how smelly people can wind up making him for my
> sensitivities but sometimes its good for a young dog to know that they can
> restrain themselves Smile
> On the bus ride home we had one of the most awesome drivers. I really like
> her. We had to sit on the opposite side. Thane did really well with the
> ride
> home. I had us get off one stop early so we could walk the road path home
> instead of the rock path.
> Gosh it was awesome-
> and to have been locked off the net yesterday because my firewall program
> decided it did not like me- it really gave my high a real letdown
> But I know you guys will all share in the enthusiasm I feel today Smile
>
> Karyn and Thane (Guide Dog!)
>
>
>
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