How Long to Read DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See

How Long Does it Take to Read DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See by John Edward White

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Every bad decision I've made in my life has been the result of failing to follow my gut. From career choices to financial decisions, it is not my head that alerts me when I'm making a mistake. Grumbling, churning or just acting flighty, my gut asserts a recognizable opinion. The greater the intestinal objection, the greater I parry with intellectual rationalization. I thought long and hard about whether to take a job in the Defense industry, and then imprudently dismissed the clutching cramps that twisted my insides like a pretzel and accepted a position. I over think and over analyze until I've convinced myself to make what inevitably turns out to be a poor decision. If I can keep my head out of the process and listen to my stomach, I've a shot at doing the right thing. I contacted Guide Dogs for the Blind the next morning. It was easy. I spent the day with a newfound sense of excitement and crawled sober into bed. A warmth filled my chest as visions of a perfectly trained dog heeling at my side punctuated my dreams. I slept through the entire night for the first time in as many nights as I could remember and woke feeling surprisingly optimistic. Something about raising a Guide Dog puppy felt right. That in itself may not have been much, but it was a start. It would be months later before I fully understood how that first decision so dramatically changed my life. I met Gruden at the next meeting. He was an English Labrador, not an American Labrador, with pendulous jowls like an English Mastiff and a square head. When I picked him up, he squirmed against my chest, gave me a head butt and then settled down in my arms. He stared at the other pups beneath him on the ground like he was King Pup, imperious and special, head and tail above the others. He knew that he was different from the American labs, an august breed among the proletarian, and for some reason all the raisers were watching us. He barked once, short and decisive as if issuing a formal proclamation, gave my neck a quick swipe with his tongue, and once more surveyed the entire room with his head held high. Everyone laughed, even Gale, but she nodded at me after I set him down and put a finger to her lips as if thoughtfully considering the interaction. When the meeting ended and we began to exit, Gruden bolted from his raisers, lunged at my pant cuff and clamped his teeth. His raisers had to pry open his jaws to get him loose. It wasn't until a week and a half later that the import of the evening became clear. I was at home, sitting in the backyard before lunch when the phone rang. It was Gale and she had some news for me. Gruden's raisers had decided to discontinue raising him and he was going to be my dog now. Gruden would be my first Guide Dog puppy and the first dog that I'd ever called my own. According to Gale, Gruden had selected me. I called the Topanga Canyon kennel the next morning. Gruden's paper work would be ready the next day. I had a dog crate, borrowed from the club, two stainless steel bowls as recommended in the Guide Dog Puppy Raising Manual, a backyard fully inspected and approved and no real life experience raising a puppy. The next morning, I set off for Topanga Canyon to collect my dog. This book is about all that follows.

How long is DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See?

DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See by John Edward White is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See aloud.

What Reading Level is DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See?

DOG LESSONS How Raising a Guide Dog Taught Me to See is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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