dog guides

day 18

Written by Sarah Blake LaRose on . Leave a comment

Kathie is a phenomenal flyer! I don’t usually sit in bulkhead seating–my legs are too short to drape over a sprawled dog, and the only benefit ends up being a queen-size seat for a dog that is well trained to snuggle up in small spaces. Today I took the bulkhead after being bothered about it four or five times. Kathy snuggled up into a little donut, and I told them notto ask the person next to me to move. I didn’t hear another peep out of her after we took off.

We are now home, and she has managed to sniff out the cats.She would like to do the turbo version of let’s be friends. These are old cats, and they would prefer the full semester version in which they get to look at a picture of her the first night, answer questions the next day, read a few pages the following night, etc. We are negotiating on this.

Kathie is crate-savvy; and in the rooms at Seeing Eye they had soft-side crates made by NozToNoz. I bought one for home, and it is already paying for itself. She recognized it instantly and went straight to it as if to thank me for providing her house. The insane excitement behavior settled down, even without a toy in the crate. She can now observe the cats walking past, munching on their food, etc, and they can observe her without getting jumped on–and I can get a bit of rest nearby. It is a win win situation for all of us. Other aspects of this adjustment will need much supervision, including her “real” introduction to the cats. It is very helpful to know that she has a secure and comfortable place to rest.

About Sarah Blake LaRose

Sarah Blake LaRose teaches Biblical Hebrew and Greek at Anderson University School of Theology and Christian Ministry in Anderson, Indiana. She is one of three blind academic scholars who received the Jacob Bolotin Award from the National Federation of the Blind in 2016 in recognition of innovative work in the field of access to biblical language texts and tools for people who are blind. In addition to her work as a professor, she provides braille transcription services specializing in ancient languages. Her research interests concern the intersection of disability, poverty, and biblical studies.
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About Sarah Blake LaRose

Sarah Blake LaRose teaches Biblical Hebrew and Greek at Anderson University School of Theology and Christian Ministry in Anderson, Indiana. She is one of three blind academic scholars who received the Jacob Bolotin Award from the National Federation of the Blind in 2016 in recognition of innovative work in the field of access to biblical language texts and tools for people who are blind. In addition to her work as a professor, she provides braille transcription services specializing in ancient languages. Her research interests concern the intersection of disability, poverty, and biblical studies.

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