(VICT) Re: Introducing us.
- From: Jill Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:27:15 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Melinda, welcome to the list. I am relatively new as well. I live in
Philly. I have five salukis. I show three of them for conformation. They
are all couch potatoes first and foremost.
I also have a German shepherd named Nor. She is from Fidelco. She is my
third dog from them. My first GSD was absolutely amazing. I have not been
happy at all with the last two. I am hardly working Nora right now. I
don't really need to with the way my life is right now, but I miss the
independence. I need to do something. I am thinking about training a guide
on my own. Although I am new to clicker training, I have trained for
obedience for years.
I look forward to hearing more about you and your Smokey. Sounds like your
husky was quite an amazing girl, I'd like to hear more about her as well.
Jill
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Melinda Rauch wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I joined the list recently, and thought it was time for me to introduce
> myself and my best pal Smokey.
>
> My name is Melinda, and I already recognize some of the names of people
> from other lists. I am currently working with my third guide dog who was
> trained at Leader Dogs for the Blind which is located in Rochester,
> Michigan. His name is Smokey, and we were matched on July fifth of 2006.
> He is a very sweet natured male black labrador.
>
> As I said, Smokey is my third guide dog. My previous guide dog was a husky
> named April. We were a team from September 30, 1992 until she had to be
> put to sleep on March 18th of 2006. She was fifteen-and-a-quarter when she
> left me, and we were a team for over thirteen years.
>
> My first dog was a lab cross named Lacy. We were only a team for about
> five and a half months or so because things didn't work out between us.
> Lacy and I met on June fifth of 1991, and she went back to the school on
> November 22, 1991.
>
> Smokey and I live in WI with my husband Nick, a four-year-old beagle named
> Missy, a cockatiel named Cinnamon, and a rat named Templeton.
>
> I joined this list because I love to learn about dogs and how they think
> and work. I know some about clicker training already, but I would like to
> learn more and find out how other people with disabilities use it with
> their service animals. Well, I guess that's all from me for right now. I
> look forward to learning as much as I can, and making new friends, too.
>
> Take care, and be safe out there!
>
> Your friends always,
>
>
> Melinda and Smokey My Mellow Fellow and April, now our angel dog.
> mrauch@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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