[Cagdu] edison

[tina thomas]

Hi Ken, glad to hear that you and Edison are A good match. As for him not
having your heart, I would wait and see. When I was partnered with Sicily,
she did not lick  or play allot either, but she was A special dog in her own
way. Just because the dog doesn't play or lick doesn't mean that it doesn't
like you. Edison sounds like he has his own way of being close to you. I
used to wake up and Sicily would be curled up at my back also. Don't worry,
he likes you, but he is just trying to get to know you. Take Care. 
Tina and Nina       
 
 From: cagdu-bounces at nfbcal.org [mailto:cagdu-bounces at nfbcal.org] On Behalf
Of Ken Volonte
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:27 PM
To: Cagdu
Subject: [Cagdu] edison


hi all.  I got Edison yesterday and went on two routes with him.  He's a
great worker.  His curb work is especially accurate.  Two days with him and
he's already off leash.  I've talked to his puppy raisers.  They're an older
couple living in Carson City.  Today we worked down to my favorite
restaurant down the street.  Emily told me stuff about how the streets would
look to a dog in terms of complexity.  She said that not many guide dogs
from any school could do this route.  Edison aced it first time out.
 
    I've been in correspondence with Michel Pouliot.  She has apologized for
what I went through with Bryant.  She also said that the instruction as to
food rewards was wrong and that she and Terry Berrit were going to correct
this with all of the instructors at San Raphael.  We need to ask a lot more
questions of San Raphael staff and administration.  There are things that
don't make sense to me.  
 
    I'm going to alienate some people, but it's about time Shepherds were
fazed out as guides.  I've never met one I liked.  
 
    I should say just a little more about Edison.  We're already at a place
in terms of his work and our smoothness as a team where other dogs were at
the space of six months to a year.  This guy is phenomenal in harness.  Out
of harness, it's like living with a not very friendly cat.  He might be my
best guide, but I don't see myself giving my heart to him.  He doesn't play.
He doesn't lick or run around the house.  He doesn't act like a Lab, but it
is as if all signs of dogness have been stripped out of him accept for one
thing.
 
    I wasn't feeling well after this afternoon's training in the rain, so I
went to bed and to sleep.  I woke up to find that he was cuddled up to my
back also asleep.  Maybe he's just settling in.  Bye for now.  Ken PS I hope
I'm still on this list.  
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