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Seeing Eye Studies With Nugget
9 months ago
hOI!!!!!!!!
The Seeing Eye has been around for over 95 years. It's purpose is to provide those who are blind, or visually impaired, with a service dog who is capable of replacing the need to use a white cane. The training is quite intense, but worth it for the amount of confidence, wisdom, and freedom a Seeing Eye Dog provides.
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Please allow me to apologize for having been so quiet this past week. Training at The Seeing Eye starts at 5:30 AM and does not end until after 8:00 PM. During this span of time, you are caring for the dog, training in travel on how to safely navigate various types of routes one may travel to get from a Point A to Point B, shown how to work the dog in stores and other types of places you may travel to, sitting in on lessons on all aspects of caring for, loving, and providing for the Seeing Eye Dog you are partnered with, etc. Downtime is brief, but I will try and get on when it is possible to see what you all have been up to and/or have had to share with me. :)
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The interesting thing about The Seeing Eye is that, for me, it offers a chance to meet others who are blind, or visually impaired. This is both good and bad as it is nice to talk to others who have struggled with losing their vision while also making me quite jealous of those who still have usable vision left compared to my total lack of physical eyesight. Often, I forget to not compare myself to those who still have partial vision. There is just a jealous duck-butt who really misses being able to visually appreciate anything and that duck-butt is me. :)
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As for my writing, I am thankful for all the great advice that you all have provided to me. For now, I think I will stick to really short stories while simply enjoying the stories and art that you are all putting up to be seen by the community. I have some ideas for longer stories, but nothing that feels ready enough to write. There is also the fact that, even after I finish my studies at The Seeing Eye, I have to work to successfully transition the new Seeing Eye Dog, whose name is Nugget, so he is comfortable at home and with the travel routes I typically take while exploring the city I live in.
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Well, the break is over and more schooling to become perfectly partnered with Nugget is about to begin. If anyone is interested in what a Seeing Eye Dog is, I encourage you to either ask me in a comment below and/or watch the following video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmossob3sgM
Your Pal:
---Yosh E. O'Ducky ;)
The Seeing Eye has been around for over 95 years. It's purpose is to provide those who are blind, or visually impaired, with a service dog who is capable of replacing the need to use a white cane. The training is quite intense, but worth it for the amount of confidence, wisdom, and freedom a Seeing Eye Dog provides.
***
Please allow me to apologize for having been so quiet this past week. Training at The Seeing Eye starts at 5:30 AM and does not end until after 8:00 PM. During this span of time, you are caring for the dog, training in travel on how to safely navigate various types of routes one may travel to get from a Point A to Point B, shown how to work the dog in stores and other types of places you may travel to, sitting in on lessons on all aspects of caring for, loving, and providing for the Seeing Eye Dog you are partnered with, etc. Downtime is brief, but I will try and get on when it is possible to see what you all have been up to and/or have had to share with me. :)
***
The interesting thing about The Seeing Eye is that, for me, it offers a chance to meet others who are blind, or visually impaired. This is both good and bad as it is nice to talk to others who have struggled with losing their vision while also making me quite jealous of those who still have usable vision left compared to my total lack of physical eyesight. Often, I forget to not compare myself to those who still have partial vision. There is just a jealous duck-butt who really misses being able to visually appreciate anything and that duck-butt is me. :)
***
As for my writing, I am thankful for all the great advice that you all have provided to me. For now, I think I will stick to really short stories while simply enjoying the stories and art that you are all putting up to be seen by the community. I have some ideas for longer stories, but nothing that feels ready enough to write. There is also the fact that, even after I finish my studies at The Seeing Eye, I have to work to successfully transition the new Seeing Eye Dog, whose name is Nugget, so he is comfortable at home and with the travel routes I typically take while exploring the city I live in.
***
Well, the break is over and more schooling to become perfectly partnered with Nugget is about to begin. If anyone is interested in what a Seeing Eye Dog is, I encourage you to either ask me in a comment below and/or watch the following video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmossob3sgM
Your Pal:
---Yosh E. O'Ducky ;)
Given my introduction to 'Nugget' as a name for anything that wasn't food based came from the Disney Jr. show, T.O.T.S., I have been having a lot of fun thinking on all the different little names I can call him. (It is also fitting that he is 'Nugget' as he is more than 20 lbs. lighter than my first Seeing Eye Dog was. I can definitely notice the difference in his size, notably height, when I'm working him.).