First day with the big beast, and it’s a good one, even though I’ve been awake since 4. About the big beast. He’s the tallest dog I’ve ever had. He’s 25 inches tall. He stood beside me and I couldn’t believe how tall he is. I worry he won’t fit on Tansy’s bed or in …
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Anything But Boring: Day 2
DOOOOOOOOOG DAAAAAAAAAAAY! No, I’m not excited at all. I have been awake since 4:30 this morning, partly because my body still thinks it’s on Eastern time and partly because I went to bed before 10. But thanks to Santa, I feel ready to rock! I’m starting to know my way around the room. I’ve started …
Anything But Boring: Day 1
So I made it! The first plane. I didn’t have any sleep because of this silly display’s technical oddities. Hopefully I won’t regret that. I got a sweet welcome email from the folks at Boring with an audio description of the room and the building. I hope I’ll have a chance to check it out. …
Anything But Boring: Day 0.5
So here we are. I’ll be in a cab headed to Oregon to get guide dog no. 4 in a couple of hours. It has been a long journey with a speedy end, but here I am, ready or not. And about the ready or not thing. Leading up to going, I had the most …
Anything But Boring: Day 0
I wrote this big post about my feelings about going to guide dog school and it’s all saved, but apparently this thing won’t let me paste from other apps into a browser edit field. You can paste between notepad and word processor but not between word processor and browser. Arg. So as soon as I …
Testing 1 2 3 Does This Look Like Klingon?
So…This is me testing to see if I can manage to write blog posts from here while at puppy school. If this doesn’t look like pure garble, there is hope for me. My preparations are going well so far. My list is still long but it’s getting shorter. I think it’s possible that I can …
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It’s Dog-Bringing Home Time!
I knew that when the call finally came, I would be in shock and running in circles like a dog chasing its tail. I am, and more. GDB called me today and offered me a class date. Yes. I am headed to get guide dog no. 4 on April 23, graduating on May 6. Holy …
Hey! Newsflash! It’s the *World Wide* Web!
Here’s a rant for people who build an online shop, and then forget what that www at the beginning is all about. Let me just describe five incidents I have had where I have wanted to buy something for someone in another country, and I couldn’t do it, because I didn’t live in that country. …
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John Q. Public’s Intro To Guide Dogs
This article about getting a guide dog does a pretty good job of describing the complexities in the matching process, the relationship between the dog and the handler, and lots of other stuff that people often ask us. And the best part is it’s written by someone I know! Shermeen is graduating with her new …
So Long, Sandy
I got some sad news the other day. Sandy, Steve’s aunt’s dog, the Australian shepherd that has been in so many stories over the years, passed away. She was 14, so certainly lived a good long life, but it’s still sad. We first met Sandy when she chased Trixie around and around and around the …