One Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 6
Day 2 of Mike's training with Izzy. Mike has been putting her through her paces... or has Izzy been putting Mike through his?
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With day 3 of my training just about coming to a close it's been quite an eventful day. I got up this morning earlier as we had a slightly earlier start and I think I mentioned yesterday that Izzy had...
View ArticleOne Man and His Guide Dog - Episode 8
Well, I've just finished the fourth day of my training with Izzy and she's now just flopped down at my feet under the table while I'm sitting at my computer desk. She is pretty shattered and I must...
View ArticleOne Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 9
Well this is the end of the fifth day of my training with Izzy and I think the keywords to think about today have been trust and I suppose the role of other interested parties in this case my wife. The...
View ArticleOne Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 10
Well we've just had a wonderful weekend with Izzy and I think the key words really summing up the weekend have been orientation skills, fun and the integration of Izzy into your lifestyle. I think that...
View ArticleOne Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 11
Well today's training really was quite interesting. We went down to the gym and that was quite illuminating. It involved finding a very difficult area to cross a slip road onto a bridge. It was...
View ArticleOne Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 12
I think the key words from today's training with Izzy, are public transport, dogs being dogs and socialization and perhaps jealousy! This morning we did the first part of training on public transport...
View ArticleOne Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 13
Well today's training was also really interesting. I had a different trainer with me for the first time and I think that made me a bit nervous in terms of obviously trying to perform adequately making...
View ArticleOne Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 14
One Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 14. Today's work with Izzy has again been spectacular with she and I undertaking a route from Canary Warf Station to the London 2012 offices that neither of us had...
View ArticleOne Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 15.
I havbe just returned from a great weekend where I learned a lot re Izzy. I initially got refused entry into a restaurant, found out that Izzy is good with small children, frightened of cats,...
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