Guide-dog journal · My Journey at the Seeing Eye
A preserved chapter from the original site: training, homecoming, and the everyday work of building a guide-dog partnership.
26 entries · original stories and reader comments
May 21, 2010
In the afternoon Kyle and I went to go see the Morris Frank statue. I have never seen such a realistic statue before. Even the textures will remarkable. The harness felt like a harness. The leash…
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I got up on Tuesday at about 5:15 or so and really didn’t want to get up. The forecast predicted rain all day so I was pleasantly surprised when I found that while it was cool outside it wasn’t…
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After I got done posting the prior post I got an email from a distant cousin named Tommy who lives in Long Island, NY. He came to see me. I don’t recall meeting him before but my Dad says I had many…
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Saturday couldn’t come soon enough. I really needed a break. I did lots of personal stuff on Saturday: * I did some obedience with Rory * I groomed Rory. * I did three loads of laundry and packed all…
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Karen woke me up at 5:00 or so. I could hear her XM radio or laptop playing music and she was quite chipper for 2:00AM Tucson time. I bet Joyce is really thinking she and Darrell are crazy with that…
Read the storyMay 13, 2010
Today was the day to do country work and escalators. We got up about 5:15 and I gave Rory her pill for her foot and took her out after giving her food and water. Breakfast was at 7:00 and it felt odd…
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Today would be bus day and pet store day. I got up about 5:10 and got ready for the day. After PARC Shannon noticed some blood on the floor as I went upstairs from the PARC door. It was from RORy’s…
Read the storyMay 11, 2010
Monday was solo day for the Elm Street route. I got up pretty early and got ready for the day. In the morning Barb and I went out on the first trip and it rained for most of the route. It went very…
Read the storyMay 9, 2010
Today turned out to be a pretty busy day at first. I got up to take Rory out to PARC. I took her down stairs to groom here. I did obedience. I then played with her for about 10 or so minutes. I then…
Read the storyMay 8, 2010
Today is Saturday and I had to work it like a normal day due to being slightly behind in class. We got up at 5:30 (actually I was up at 5:05 and was dressed and ready to go by 5:20) to take our dogs…
Read the storyMay 8, 2010
Rory was raised in Pennsylvania by a family with 4 children aged 8 to 15. They had 2 other friendly and affectionate dogs but no cats. She was a good eater and was clean in the house. They took her…
Read the storyMay 8, 2010
The next two days at the Seeing Eye were pretty uneventful compared to the last few days :). We started the South Route on Thursday and soloed it on Friday afternoon. The first two trips went without…
Read the storyMay 6, 2010
Rory was born on 3/29/2008. Barb just came in and told me. She is also a pure Black
Read the storyMay 5, 2010
This turned out to be an exciting day. I was a bit worried that Rory would keep me up during the night but she slept very well. I could hear her sometimes moving around but she really did a great job…
Read the storyMay 5, 2010
Tuesday was a difficult day for me. We got up, parked our dogs and ate breakfast. I was going to go out with Tom Pender (the class supervisor) to work on pull with Vincent. I went in on the 8:45…
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I am writing this on Wednesday, May 5. I am a bit behind. Monday, May 3, we got up at the sound of the wake up call and I got ready for the day and took Vincent out. I had cereal for breakfast. We…
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Sunday was a great day of rest. We got up at 6:30 and took the dogs out to PARC. We had a yummy yummy breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon and English muffins. Did I tell you it was really really yummy…
Read the storyMay 1, 2010
Today is solo day where we have to work the route we have been working out without any instructor involvement. It was hot in my room over night so I slept on top of the covers and was awakened by the…
Read the storyMay 1, 2010
I did forget that I worked with Lucas Franck in the morning on Clicker Training again. We first sat at a table and looked at a map of the dining room. He then had me work Vincent to the new location…
Read the storyMay 1, 2010
The day started about 5:30 or so. I took Vincent out to park and came back to write Day 6’s blog post and to read mail and tweets. I then went down for breakfast. As usual I was on the first trip and…
Read the storyApril 30, 2010
Day 6 began around 5:25. I staid up until about 11:30 the prior evening and man was I feeling it that morning. I fed and gave Vincent water and took him out to park. I came back to my room and in a…
Read the storyApril 28, 2010
I woke up at about 4:45 and began the day. It was about 45 minutes prior to taking Vincent out to Park. I started to write yesterday’s blog post and also read some email and tweets. It was very quiet…
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Day 4 is the first full day with our dogs. I got up around 5:00 on Tuesday and proceeded to get ready for the day. We took our dogs out at 5:30 and I cam back to work on my third day blog post as…
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Today is the big day. I got up at 5:30 and got ready for the day. It seems that the morning is the time to write blog posts. I went down for breakfast and head a bowl of cereal and then it was off to…
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Sunday started with me getting up and getting ready. I heard the announcement for the wake up call and it took a few minutes for me to get out of bed. I proceeded to write up Saturday’s activities…
Read the storyApril 25, 2010
The journey to the Seeing Eye began on Friday, April 23. I got up with Keri and the kids at about 5:30 or so and started checking email and handling some work issues. The rest of that day was spent…
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