The Night before Jeter Arrives

Well this is the day before Jeter will be coming to my house.  Jeter is a guide dog from Fidelco Guide.  Dogs and is a German Shepherd.  I currently do not have a picture of him that I can share with you.  This is my first time creating a blog so you will have to live with my beginner mistakes.  So… How do I feel about getting a guide dog?  I am sort of split on this topic right now.  I am excited to be getting Jeter and by all indications this dog will be very special and a one of a kind dog.  Peter is his trainer and he has been with Jeter for about two weeks.  My suspicion is that he could have been working with this dog longer than that, but I am unsure.  So Today is the night before Jeter is to come to my house and start training with me.  I am thinking about many things today.  The first is that I am wondering what will it be like to have a guide again?  I have had two guides before Jeter, a German Shepherd from the Seeing Eye and a yellow lab from Guide Dogs for the Blind.  It has been several years since I had my last guide dog and I have often thought about if I want to get another guide dog or not.  At one point, I was hesitant to get a guide dog again because of how I felt when I retired my last guide.  It was not until early this year that I had met another guide dog handler and made up my mind that I would want to get another guide.  This germy started in the first part of February 2011 when I was decided to get a guide that I made up my mind to go with Fidelco.  There are several reasons why I chose Fidelco.  First, it would have to be that I wanted to see what in-home training was like.  I had met a person who had done at home training and it was very interesting and different.  The second sit hat I wanted to have a more one on one experience.  I learn best if I can have someone help me understand what I need to know.  Thirdly, I felt that Fidelco was a good school and reputable.

There are many things that are running through my mind on this day before training.  Will Jeter like me?  Will he be a good fit with for me?  What will I have to put up with during this time in order to bond with Jeter?  I am also wondering if I made the correct decision by getting another guide dog.  I am sure that all of these doubts will eventually go away, but for now it is something that I am thinking about.  When I get a good picture of Jeter, I will post it on this blog.  For now, I will sign off.