Guide-dog journal · My Journey at the 2023 Seeing Eye Class
A preserved chapter from the original site: training, homecoming, and the everyday work of building a guide-dog partnership.
17 entries · original stories and reader comments
August 3, 2023
Well, it is 2:30 in the morning on the day I am going home. Yes, obviously I can’t sleep so here I am wrapping up the blog with my journey at the Seeing Eye. During day 16 I checked out with the…
Read the storyAugust 2, 2023
In July 2023, I shared Chief’s puppy profile as I prepared to meet him at The Seeing Eye. His puppy-raising family described a confident, playful dog who loved people, toys, car rides, and a good…
Read the storyAugust 1, 2023
We made it to the last week of class. Things are beginning to wind down and it cannot come soon enough! I got up a bit earlier than usual and took him out for park and groomed him very early on…
Read the storyAugust 1, 2023
In the afternoon on Sunday, we went to the pet store. This was the first time I heard a noise come from my dog. He was quite excited while we were in the pet store. While at the pet store we bought…
Read the storyJuly 30, 2023
Today is Sunday, July 30. We have more class members leaving the school today. We had one leave yesterday and one leave today so the numbers in the class are thinning out a bit. I leave next Thursday…
Read the storyJuly 30, 2023
On day twelve we had two trips. After breakfast we traveled quite a distance from campus to a terribly busy part of town where they had five lane crossings which also included an island in the middle…
Read the storyJuly 28, 2023
Before we proceed with the rest of day eleven’s activities, I wanted to point out how difficult it is to write without expressing or mentioning gender or names of my guide. To give this a way, my dog…
Read the storyJuly 27, 2023
This brings us to Tuesday, and it was a remarkably interesting day to say the least. We started with the normal park time and breakfast. We proceeded to go out to practice the Elm street route once…
Read the storyJuly 25, 2023
Yes, I am behind a bit so combining two days. On Sunday we got up at the normal time and prepared to venture out for our South Street solo. We did quite well as a team. Lots of people were bustling…
Read the storyJuly 22, 2023
We are now on day six, almost at the half way point for retrains. Believe it or not, I am already starting to pack things I won’t use for the rest of class. Yes, I am eager to get home! Today is the…
Read the storyJuly 22, 2023
OK, this is actually being written on day 6 in the early evening. I will get to the activities we had on day 6 in the next post. I forgot to write about an incident that took place in the later part…
Read the storyJuly 21, 2023
It is the middle of day five and I have a few minutes so I thought I would update folks about the activities that are happening thus far today: • I got up about 4:45 and started to work on work…
Read the storyJuly 21, 2023
We are now on day four and what a day it was. I was extremely tired at the end of the day, so it was nice not to have any lectures in the evening. Wait, I am getting ahead of myself. We took the dogs…
Read the storyJuly 20, 2023
We finally made it! Dog Day! Now, no, I won’t reveal today the name, breed or any other characteristics of my dog, but stay tuned. All will be revealed in time. I got up at 3:30 and proceeded to go…
Read the storyJuly 19, 2023
I am at the end of the day and staying up to do three days of laundry so I thought I would knock out the post for today’s activities. I woke up at 4:00 in the morning and worked on writing Monday’s…
Read the storyJuly 18, 2023
Well, we made it! This was a journey unto itself. Suffice it to say, I have been proven yet again why “I hate space travel”, oh, wait, that’s a different sense of reality isn’t it 😉. Seriously, my…
Read the storyJuly 16, 2023
Well, here we are again with yet another Seeing Eye journal as I undertake the journey with my new guide dog. This comes at a time in my life where I have been doing a lot of self-reflection with an…
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