[misc.handicap] BIXEN IN DOGGIE HOUSE?

Vixen@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Vixen) (10/26/90)

Index Number: 11301

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Henry,

Thank you for the welcome back! It is so good to be here and back
home again! I will fondly remeber the year I spent in Guide Dog
School one month, for a long time to come! Hehehe!

Well, we did have to strip and make our beds every Friday Henry,
but this is all we had to do as far as room cleaning went. We had
maids too and did all the rest of the room cleaning. Poop, we
didn't have time for things like room cleaning anyway hehe.

The school, the instructors and the training was excellent and the
only thing I really hated was the food. I thought they served the
wierdest meals I have encountered in a long time. Even Military or
hospital food would have been more exciting! Oh well, I smuggled in
lots of snacks and kept a loaf of bread and sandwhich meet in the
student refrigerator for times when the meals were really yucko.

Other than that, the school was awesome even though hard and we had
fun and I am so proud to be a dog user now! Of course the best part
of all, is my beautiful new friend and partner, Toby. It is so
exciting and so much more fun than a cane. (Which I am not
knocking).

Well, strangely Henry, I haven't gotten too many of Toby's hairs in
my mouth yet, he must have them glued in pretty tight heheh. I
often wear a dust mask when I am grroming him though. Not because
he is that dusty, just so dog hairs don't go up my nose hehe.

So far, I have been lucky and people I have encountered in the
public haven't yet done anything to upset me or Toby and believe it
or not, most of the people I have encountered have asked me first
before petting Toby to which I am alway shappy to rerspond in the
affirmative if I am not working or not in a hurry. I will really
want to be a good dog user and a good representative of Guide Dog
users. Although, I know it is only a matter of time before someone
gets my goat. I do know that it will happen.

Keepin' the faith!

.                        Vixen

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