SEDA Guide Dog Schools & Grant's Arrival!

Wednesday June 7th- This morning we had a tour at the other guide dog school in Melbourne, Seeing Eye Dog Association, also known as the "Lady Nell" guide dog school. The school was founded by a woman names Phyllis Gration and her first guide dog was named "Lady Nell". This school is different from all the other schools as it serves clients in all the different states of Australia. Two of the instructors from Queensland happened to be down for some meetings and they gave us the tour. It’s always fun to talk to other trainers and the two of them used to work in Britain as well so we enjoyed discussing differences between a variety of schools. After the tour I headed off to the airport to pick up Grant. It was wonderful to see him again and Jhaneen kindly gave me the rest of the day off so we could spend time together. Grant was still pretty perky after his long plane ride over so after we checked into our hotel I took him to GDV to meet my new friends. Grant, Sue and I went to dinner together in the city centre and had a good time. He was able to stay awake until the end of the day which everyone said would make the time change and jet lag easier.