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November 20, 2008, 4:30 PM Well here we are day 8, the final day of in-home training. Time sure flies! It’s a sad day, and it’s a happy day. It’s a sad time because it will be [...]

November 19, 2008, 9:09 PM Thus far my work and bonding with Africa have been progressing well. Already we have had many adventures. Yesterday Todd informed me that today our first route was to [...]

Tuesday , November 18, 2008, 7:54 PM Today was one of the most extremely informative, if not most fun, times during the training and formation of a guide dog team. Today we did traffic checks. [...]

Monday, November 17, 2008, 7:58 AM Today was another gorgeous day around the bay at San Francisco. I haven’t mentioned the weather we have experienced during our training. In a word, the [...]

Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8:21 PM Today was the fourth day of training for Africa and me. In a regular class environment training occurs Monday through Saturday. There are a few exceptions. [...]

November 14, 2008. 4:30 P.M. Lookout San Francisco, here comes Africa. Before we began our training earlier this week Todd asked me to give him a list of areas of work I wanted to cover during [...]

Thursday, November 13, 2008, 9:17 PM It’s time to report on our second day of training. I first need to go back to last evening to describe a brief encounter between Africa and Sherlock the [...]

11/12/2008, 4:28 PM Todd and Africa showed up at 9:00AM. We picked up right where we left off on October 27. Africa spent several minutes running around the house finding all of Roselle’s [...]

Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 7:11 AM The day has finally come. This is the day I receive Africa, my new guide dog. Africa is the seventh guide I have had the pleasure of working. All seven guide [...]