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> The Enumclaw Courier Herald
> / STPNS
> April 19, 2007
> HUMAN INTEREST
>
> Trainer saw future vision
>
> Janine Prindle poses with Brassy, a Nova Scotia Duck
> Tolling Retriever she trains for agility.
> Photo by Brenda Sexton
> for The Enumclaw Courier Herald
>
> By Brenda Sexton
> ENUMCLAW, Washington (STPNS) --
> When Janine Prindle's family started training Guide
> Dogs for the Blind through Enumclaw's Future Vision
> club she knew this day would come.
>
> At the time her vision was pretty clear, but she could
> see into the future. She knew the eye disease she had
> would, over time, make it harder for her to
> get around. She knew one day she would have to rely on
> the very dogs she was training.
>
> That day is coming.
>
> Recently, the Enumclaw dog trainer packed up her bags
> and headed to the Oregon campus of Guide Dogs for the
> Blind for a four-week stay. While there she
> will learn how to work with a specially-selected dog
> and the dog will learn to work with Prindle and her
> special needs.
>
> "This is a huge deal in the sense that she started her
> family doing this 39 dogs ago," said Future Vision
> leader Jana Decker, who has been taking over the
> leash of the Enumclaw Guide Dog for the Blind feeder
> program since Prindle has stepped away. "To have had a
> hand in it for so long is an amazing feat,
> then to have it come full circle is a big deal."
>
> The irony isn't lost on Prindle. She's a bit nervous
> and excited to be on the receiving end this time.
>
> "I'm really excited about getting the dog, a working
> dog, and hope it will enhance my mobility," she said.
>
> Prindle has participated with the Future Vision club,
> which is open to 4H and non-4H raisers, since it
> started in 1985.
>
> Prindle was diagnosed with an eye disease in 1980 and
> knew there might be a time when a guide dog would be
> needed. About the same time, Prindle's son wanted
> a pet. Prindle and her husband Jack were looking for a
> "trial run" to see if the young man could handle the responsibility. 
> The compromise was a guide dog.
>
> That boy went on to raise 10 more dogs and his younger brother raised 
> nine.
>
> Even with her sons grown and moved away, Prindle
> continued to raise guide dogs. According to Decker,
> Prindle has in big and small ways had a hand in more
> than 180 dogs that have gone through the Enumclaw
> program in the past couple decades.
>
> Even until recently, Prindle thought her vision was
> too good to qualify her for a guide dog, but someone
> close to her and the program pointed out it was
> time.
>
> Legally blind, Prindle has no peripheral vision, but
> her central vision is good. She said her view of the
> world is like looking through a hole made by a
> standard paper punch or a key hole. Low light and
> darkness are more challenging.
>
> Prindle's dog will enhance her mobility - alert her to objects in the 
> way and help lead her at night, which she's been using a cane for 
> lately.
>
> "If the dog helps me as much as the cane, I'll see it
> as a real success," Prindle said.
>
> Prindle could, although it is not likely, receive a
> Future Vision guide dog. There are a number, she said,
> in the program outside Portland preparing for
> graduation.
>
> "I like all breeds. I just want a great match," she
> said. "I want a dog that will work well with me; fit
> into my lifestyle and likes kids.
>
> "This one will be a bit more than a pet."
>
> Prindle's dog will be a working dog and that's why
> Prindle, an instructional paraeducator at Elk Ridge Elementary School 
> in the White River School District, sent an e-mail and met with 
> students to explain proper etiquette when meeting and seeing a guide 
> dog.
>
> She said she doesn't anticipate using the dog much at
> school, but wanted students and staff to be prepared.
>
> Students, staff, and community members in general,
> should not interfere with a working dog when they see
> it, whether at school or out in the community.
> People should not try to pet it, talk to it, make
> noises toward it, call it's name, stick their hand in
> it's face, feed it or do anything that might distract
> the dog from performing its job. Distractions can be
> harmful to the dog and its owner.
>
> There's a lot of information about guide dogs Prindle
> said people would be amazed to learn, that's why she's
> also invited friends, family, students and
> staff to graduation May 5 in Oregon.
>
> "I think people will be impressed by the quality of
> training the dogs get and the dogs themselves,"
> Prindle said.
>
> Prindle said the graduation ceremonies are usually
> emotional, so bring a couple of extra tissues.
> Following the graduation will be a reception and you
> will
> have a chance to see a working dog demonstration and
> take a tour of the campus. More information is
> available at the Web site at www.guidedogs.com.
>
> According to information from Guide Dogs for the
> Blind, attending a graduation ceremony at Guide Dogs
> for the Blind is one of the best ways to really get acquainted with 
> our program. They too advise guests to bring their tissues for the 
> moving event which commemorates the efforts of students and their 
> dogs. This is also the time puppy raisers say good-bye to
> their graduating dogs, and the graduating class
> members, like Prindle, bid farewell to return to their
> homes and families with new partners by their sides.
>
> Prindle believes she has a leg up on other students in
> the Oregon program - she's been to graduation before.
>
> "This time I'll be on the other side of the podium.
> Actually, the same side of the podium, the other side
> of the dog," Prindle smiled.
>
> When she returns with her new partner, the two will be celebrated with 
> a reception May 19 at Calvary Presbyterian Church, hosted by Future 
> Vision.
>
> Prindle said she feels honored, not only to receive a
> guide dog, but that the guide-dog raising community is rallying to her 
> support.
>
> The welcome home celebration will also include
> information about Future Vision and a new batch of
> puppies for raising to continue the cycle of giving.
> C 2007
> The Enumclaw Courier Herald
> Enumclaw, Washington.
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