Today was a fairly full day of activity. We spent the morning going over basic guide dog technique, and basic commands. We worked with the imaginary dog, good old Juno, on healing, and then we worked with some real dogs.
The dog I worked with was a medium black lab, and was very friendly. He also wasn’t fully trained, and had a lot of puppy still in him. In the afternoon, it was more Juno work but this time down town in San Rafael. We walked for about two blocks, and talked about what I thought would be the right dog for me. We worked on correct guide dog techniques, as well as correcting mistakes, both human ones, and guide dog mistakes alike. It was a bit warm for my taste, 82 degrees, with 36% humidity. Still compared to the Deep South, it was comfortable!
Well there you have it. Today’s guide dog events in a nutshell. The big day of course it tomorrow morning. That’s when everyone gets their guide dog! Some of my fellow students will not be able to sleep tonight. I can tell because when they heard that tomorrow was the big day, they just about jumped through the roof for joy! I won’t have that problem because I’m still recovering from the long trip yesterday, and the jetlag.
Well I’m off. There’s a victor reader Stream class. Stay tuned for dog day!
