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2011 Guide Dogs of the Desert Calendar
The new calendars for 2011 have arrived! Purchase yours now! Calendars are $10.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling each.
Please call 760-329-6257 or email info@gddca.org to place your order! Cover Dog: Flossie
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Guide Dogs of the Desert Christmas Cards
Christmas Cards are now for sale featuring puppies-in-training, Moto, Shiloh and Grace. Cards are $20.00 for 10 cards and 11 envelopes. Please call 760-329-6257 or email info@gddca.org to place your order!
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November Graduation!
Please join us for our upcoming graduation.
Please no personal pets.
Service Dogs and service dogs in training are welcome.
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Trina's Tip of the Month
How Do You Safely Approach a Dog?
Whenever we see a cute pup walking our way, our instinct is to immediately go toward it and shower it with love and affection.
That's not the best strategy.
Dogs have certain boundaries just like people do, and we need to respect those boundaries by approaching dogs in the appropriate way. Not only that, but injuries are much more likely to occur if you engage with a dog in the wrong way.
So let's respect dogs and protect ourselves! Here are some simple guidelines to consider when approaching a furry friend:
- When greeting any dog, always ask the pet parent first if it is ok. If it is, stand still and let the dog approach you first. This will help build rapport at a pace that is comfortable for the dog.
- When a dog approaches, stand sideways to the dog, and hold your relaxed closed hand next to you. Don't look right at the dog. This allows the dog to choose the interactions that he/she feels safe with. Remember, not every dog wants to be petted or greeted.
- Do not stand over the dog looking down at it. While standing or squatting near the dog, gently rub the chest slowly. Dogs really don't enjoy being patted on top of the head or back.
Another way to learn more about dogs and positive interactions? Check out a dog training class!
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Off-leash dogs from a guide dog user's perspective:
BREMERTON, WASHINGTON - Reader submitted
I am a visually impaired person who travels with a guide dog.
My dog has given me the freedom of mobility that the sighted population enjoys.
Unfortunately, this cherished freedom is being threatened by people who let their dogs run loose.
Dogs off leash in public areas present not only a nuisance but threaten my dog's and my safety by preventing my dog from competently performing her job of guiding me in my travels.
Letting dogs run free, except in designated off-leash areas, is not being considerate of other people, dogs on leash, and service dogs. It also is not safe for the loose dog.
Please be a responsible dog owner by respecting other people and their dogs, the safety of your dog, and people with guide dogs and service dogs by keeping your dog contained on your property or on a leash.
Shari Burns and her guide dog Cessna |
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Tai Chi Classes at Guide Dogs of the Desert
We have a wonderful opportunity to learn Tai Chi from world renowned instructor Noel Pittman who is the director of the Tai Chi Education and Resource Institute. He will be coming to the school every Tuesday from 12:30 to 1:30pm to teach Tai Chi classes. The cost for each class is only $8.00.
What is Tai Chi Chuan:
Tai Chi Chan is the slow moving and graceful exercise practiced for over 1000 years in China. Tai Chi practice does not require expensive equipment, special
clothing or a large amount of space. This twenty-minute routine performed twice daily provides many benefits including: increased strength and stamina, improved cardiovascular and immune system function, a tonic for all organ and glandular systems greatly improved balance, flexibility and coordination. The National Institute on the Aged.
(NIA) sponsored one of the first medical studies involving Tai Chi in a special frailty reduction program. Steven L. Wolf, Ph.D., and colleagues at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga., found that older people taking part in a 15-week Tai Chi program reduced their risk of falling by 47.5 percent. Numerous studies have also found low-cost, low-tech Tai Chi classes to be a superior intervention for the reduction falls in seniors. Palm Springs Tai Chi Education and Research Center.
Please contact Shean Pao at Guide Dogs of the Desert if you have questions and to sign up for the class. Spao@gddca.org or 760-329-6257 |
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Be sure to send us your new email address if it changes so you can be updated in our database, and please pass our newsletter on to friends and family who may be interested.
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If you know of someone who is blind, please tell them about Guide Dogs of the Desert.
Under
the ADA, businesses that serve the public must allow access to people
with disabilities using service animals. A Guide Dog wearing a harness
is at work. Please allow them to do their job! Go here for a business brief from the ADA.
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Guide Dogs of the Desert
would like to thank our sponsors for their support.
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Harrah's Rincon Casino Turnaround Bus Trip
Guide Dogs of the Desert Founders Club Presents Harrah's Rincon Casino Turnaround Bus Trip.
Valley Center San Diego Area
October 16, 2010
Leave 9:00 AM - SHARP
Return 6:00 PM
Games and refreshements on the Bus
$25 per person (must be at least 21 years of age)
Call Jim Klocek 909-215-7321 for reservations or questions
reservations limited to 54 seats.
Offer ends 10/7/2010
All proceeds benefit guide dogs of the desert.
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Piano Concert benefit for
Guide Dogs of the Desert
World renown Pianist Cory Smythe will give a private performance to benefit Guide Dogs of the Desert.
October 23, 2010
7-10pm
Vicky's of Santa Fe, 45-100 Club Drive,
Indian Wells, CA
$35.00 per person- Seating is limited (Includes abundant and tantalizing hors d'oeuvres buffet. 100% of all ticket proceeds benefit Guide Dogs of the Desert.) Cash Bar (50% of no-host bar sales benefit Guide Dogs of the Desert)
Cory is a graduate of the music schools at Indiana University and the University of Southern California, where his principal teachers included Luba Edlina-Dubinsky and Stewart Gordon. As a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble, he has contributed to numerous premieres, worked with composers Philippe Hurel, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, and David Lang among others, and performed in venues across the U.S. and abroad. His 2008 performance of solo piano music by Lindberg was praised by the Boston Globe for its 'grace and intensity'; and a forthcoming recording by ICE (Mode Records) will feature Cory as the piano soloist in Lannis Xenakis's Palimpsest.
Evening sponsored by Tom Wolk, Minda Smythe and Vicky's of Santa Fe
Please call Debbie at 760-329-6257 for tickets.
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Upcoming Events______________________ Sunday, November 7
A Bunco Afternoon_____________________Sunday, November 14Guide Dogs of the DesertGraduation!_____________________ 
Saturday, December 11
4th Annual Heroes Brunch______________________February 11, 2011Tour de' Palm Springs___________________ 
February 12, 2011Dusty Wings Mardi Gras!To benefit Guide Dogs of the Desert ____________________April 3, 2011
Milauskas 2nd Annual
"Help a Puppy Become a Hero"
Golf Tournament ___________________May 7, 2011
Calimesa & Beaumont Lions
Golf Tournament
go to our website for more information
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October is Lions World Site Day
Please Join us in thanking the Lions Clubs International Foundation
for its work helping those who are visual impaired.
Please visit this link for more information on how Lions are helping people around the world.Lions Clubs International. |
Each October we will devote a section of this newsletter to recognize guide dogs that have earned the right to retire or who are waiting for their partner on the other side of the rainbow bridge.
RETIRED
- Paige
- Tori
- Sonny
- Ruth
- Yorbie
DECEASED
- Lila
- Elite
- Jordan
- Rose
- Webster
- Mercedes
- Joslyn
- Topaz
- Emmus
- Mandi
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Visit our new Face Book page - Guide Dog Depot, where you can view our latest merchandise, and get updates on upcoming sales and events at the depot! |
 Palm Springs, CA 92263
Guide Dog Depot
Now Open
125 Tahquitz Canyon
Palm Springs, CA
Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-5pm
760-327-5920
Training Facility
60740 Dillon Road
Whitewater, CA 92282
Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm Phone: 760.329.6257 Fax: 760.329.2866Toll: 888-883-0022www.gddca.org
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