Say that is grate. Can you get a clicker from wal-mart? I need to go there and I would buy one from there or a couple so if one gets lost I have another one. Are they expensive? --Dar wishing a backTpack call me at 406-259-1124 Every Saint has a past, Every sinner has a future , ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:21 PM Subject: (VICT) Update on the list and us > hi you all, > > Am doing some list cleaning removing bouncing addresses and old addresses > I > know aren't working anymore and doing some other list maintenance. > > it has been a while since I have posted on here, smile. > > It is mainly because, We are EMPLOYED. I now live in Boston, MA, well > o.k. > so the Greater Boston area, in a town called Revere. And yes, I do live > on > Charger street, and the next street over is "Lantern lane" guess the city > planners had a sense of humor. > > But I work for the Carroll Center for the Blind as an itinerate TVI, and > use > public transit and cabs to go to all my appointments and my students. > > Judson is taking the big city in stride and doing awesome, absolutely > awesome job with subways (which he had seen before in training but that I > hadn't) and buses, commuter trains and everything else. I am really > impressed with his work, and hope if his health holds up to have him > working > another year or so. > > I did put in the application for retrain, because I really, really want a > golden retriever and I also came to the conclusion that my cane skills are > not up to par, as far as big city travel is concerned. I learned cane > skills in a small town, did buses, but that is the extent. And I know I > could not perform as efficiently on my job at this time without a dog. > And > No it is not because I haven't kept my cane skills up, it is I learned > them > in a totally different context. Am trying to remedy this situation, but > will do what is safe for me, smile. > > The clicker training has REALLY come in handy to teach Judson particular > bus > poles, shelters, stairs at the subbway station, the garbage can we have > hidden in the bushes outside the apartment, and for locations in the > school > buildings and in the communities I have to work in. I can show him a > location once, jack pot him for finding it a couple of times and he > remembers it even if we haven't been there for several weeks. > > He has done remarkably well and am really happy with him. This is a > versatile dog who is willing to take whatever you throw at him, smile. > Even > if it involves a bus, two subways, and a bus to go to certain places. > > in the spair time, I am still scanning for Bookshare so if there are > titles, > > I can access > > www.noblenet.org > > So if they have it I can get it, smile. > > I also am going to the gym three times a week and it is working out well, > and I am also hunting down art classes to continue my ceramics work. > Smile. > > But that is it from us. > > If there are anyone who needs to or wants to join the list, or needs to > leave it, please, let me know? > That way I can keep our member rolls clean and so I don't get all the > bounce > notifications all the time. > > Smile. > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/731 - Release Date: 3/23/2007 > 3:27 PM >