Day 12 at the Seeing Eye

This turned out to be an exciting day. I was a bit worried that Rory would keep me up during the night but she slept very well. I could hear her sometimes moving around but she really did a great job sleeping. I got up at 5:10 and quickly showered, shaved and got dressed before … Read more

Day 11 at the Seeing Eye

Tuesday was a difficult day for me. We got up, parked our dogs and ate breakfast. I was going to go out with Tom Pender (the class supervisor) to work on pull with Vincent. I went in on the 8:45 shuttle and met Tom there. We drove in the Prius to Madison, NJ. He had … Read more

Day 10 at the Seeing Eye

I am writing this on Wednesday, May 5. I am a bit behind. Monday, May 3, we got up at the sound of the wake up call and I got ready for the day and took Vincent out. I had cereal for breakfast. We started the Elm Street route and I expressed more concern about … Read more

Day 9 at the Seeing Eye

Sunday was a great day of rest. We got up at 6:30 and took the dogs out to PARC. We had a yummy yummy breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon and English muffins. Did I tell you it was really really yummy . After breakfast we went upstairs to get the information on our dogs. Vincent’s … Read more

Day 8 at the Seeing Eye

Today is solo day where we have to work the route we have been working out without any instructor involvement. It was hot in my room over night so I slept on top of the covers and was awakened by the announcement of PARC time. I quickly dressed, fed Vincent and took him out. I … Read more

More on Day 7 at the Seeing Eye

I did forget that I worked with Lucas Franck in the morning on Clicker Training again. We first sat at a table and looked at a map of the dining room. He then had me work Vincent to the new location where I will be sitting to eat in the new dining room. He attached … Read more

Day 7 at the Seeing Eye

The day started about 5:30 or so. I took Vincent out to park and came back to write Day 6’s blog post and to read mail and tweets. I then went down for breakfast. As usual I was on the first trip and went with Lee as a pair on the South Street route. Walt … Read more

Day 6 at the Seeing Eye

Day 6 began around 5:25. I staid up until about 11:30 the prior evening and man was I feeling it that morning. I fed and gave Vincent water and took him out to park. I came back to my room and in a few minutes did obedience with Vincent and Barb. This is the first … Read more

Day 5 at the Seeing Eye

I woke up at about 4:45 and began the day. It was about 45 minutes prior to taking Vincent out to Park. I started to write yesterday’s blog post and also read some email and tweets. It was very quiet here that early. I took Vincent out and boy is that guy quick. I was … Read more

Day 4 at the Seeing Eye

Day 4 is the first full day with our dogs. I got up around 5:00 on Tuesday and proceeded to get ready for the day. We took our dogs out at 5:30 and I cam back to work on my third day blog post as well as catching up on email and tweets. Before breakfast … Read more