[misc.handicap] retiring your dog

Mary.Otten@p0.f1055.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Mary Otten) (06/21/91)

Index Number: 16277

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Margo. Ican appreciate the difficulty you are having making that
decision whether or not to retire your dog. I don't know how good your
cane skills are compared to how you get around with the dog, and Idon't
know if you are all set up in a class or if Seeing Eye has said they
will be accommodating, letting you wait and holding a place for you in
the next class after you've had to retire your dog. All Ican say is that
I hope you've got a plan nulike me with my first dog. I saw the signs
coming for the better part of a year before Heidi's heart failure really
got to the point where it was just imposible to keep her any more. I
ignorred the signs and was really lucky that I only had to go one month
before I got a new dog. I have a chipped tooth, caused by my own
stupidity when using my cane, to remind me that I need to plan better
next time.

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