first trip home

I have to write and report about mine and Shannon's first trip home. Yesterday I relaxed for some of the day and then went out with my friend Lori. Shannon did wonderful for the most part accept for one thing which I will try to describe to the best of my ability. We went to this one place and as me and Shannon were making our way inside the door there was this brick thing that was in the shape of an L. with the long part of the L. up in the air with nothing under it. The part that was up in the air was about five feet tall. To top it all off not sure if this made a difference or not but the stupid fancy thing was black and it was dark. Shannon all most cleared me but not all the way and I go crash into the thing. Don't worry I was not hurt at all, I don't have a hard head for no reason now. I corrected her and we reworked it and she got it right. On the way out I worked with her again and she did pretty good. I worked with her until we got it right. I didn't run into the stupid thing again but all most. I'm just glad I was not using a cane because my cane would have went right under that thing for sure. From what I was told there was more than one its some kind of art. Some kind of unsafe art I might add. This kind of thing really goes to show that guide dogs are not perfect and make mistakes too. I'm not exactly sure how wide the opening was between these things and the door, but when me and Shannon were working on her missing the unsafe obstacle it seemed like there was not much room between them. Lori was behind my right sholder the entire time and watched Shannon work me around those things. After that adventure we made a wal-mart run where Shannon did wonderful work. Lori was so wonderful letting Shannon work and observing from behind. She was giving me dirrections so I could direct Shannon where to go. Lori is so wonderful I told her last night she would be a great guide dog instructor. She is very patient and if you have to rework something five times to get it right it doesn't bother her at all. So many people don't understand how important it is to rework an error most people will say will you hurry up and come on. Guide dogs sometimes don't compensate enough and when that happens its very important to correct the dog and do it until the dog gets its right. I can't wait to work Shannon in the city, me and Lori are going this weekend to work with Shannon on the bus stop and around where I work. We may even go downtown and do some work there. In the wal-mart parking lot last night we had a good traffic check someone pulling out of there parking space. Shannon and Muffin my retired guide dog absolutely love each other. They are both here beside my chair side by side, wish I had a camera. Not sure what I am going to do today, but I will keep updating as I can, stay tuned. Until next time...