The Light of the World Podcast: Recent Episodes
Riley
The Light of the World Podcast is all about The adventures of guide dogs. Guide dogs are the light of the world. I will be taking you through the process of applying for a dog, being approved, and so on. I hope you enjoy it as much as I will be enjoying bringing you my adventures.
Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. In today’s episode, I discuss changing your schedule around a bit. Don’t walk the same routine each time you go out. It’s one thing to do it for work but if you want to do things for fun make sure that you have different schedules going on. That way you don’t get followed.
Hi there everyone and welcome back to the show. In today’s episode, I discuss a series that I will be starting as soon as I go to school.
Hello everyone and thank you for coming back!!! In today’s episode, I discuss a very important life lesson that my first guide dog Kent taught me. He taught me to appreciate nature once again. Enjoy.
Hello everyone!!! Welcome once again to the show and in this one I talk about my predictions. What do I think my brand new guide dog will be like. I also talk about what breed and gender I think the dog will be.
Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. In today’s episode I talk about my blessing in disguise and being thankful for what you have.
Hello everyone!!! In today’s show, I discuss with you the first time I ever met a guide dog but also a small lecture on independence.
Hello everyone and welcome back. In today’s episode, I discuss what you may possibly need when you go to send your school videos or photos.
Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. In today’s episode, this is part two of the series that I started last week. This is my message to a potential guide dog master. Be extremely careful what aspects of your personal life you share with a guide dog school. They might judge you if you don’t be careful how you word things to them. Be very, very, careful.
Hello everyone and welcome back. In today’s episode, I start a two part series on judging. Part one is a message for guide dog schools. Please do not judge your students. If you tell them to destress from a traumatic situation then please don’t pick on them for how they do it. If they have a collection in their home that helps them please don’t poke fun at them and put them down. That just makes them feel worse. You want your students to be upfront and honest with you so please don’t pass judgment. That’s not the way to get honesty from your students.
Hello everyone. In this episode, I explained to you that you need to try and articulate to the best of your ability what your troublesome areas are. If you have difficulties in certain areas of your hometown, let the school know so that they can help you.
Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. In today’s episode, I show you how I independently walk the route that I gave to my new guy dog school. I also explained that you definitely need to have a second route in mind when applying for the school that you choose because they need to know that the dog has plenty of work to do.
Hello everyone and welcome once again to the show. In today’s episode, I am back with another application update. I will be going to my particular school for a little bit more mobility training because they recommended it. As I said in the show, sometimes you have to do what you don’t really want to do if you want your independence. This woman definitely wants hers and I’m going to do what they recommend so that I can get my eyes.
Hello everyone and welcome back. This week, I am updating you on what has happened over the past several months with my application and also in my personal life.
Hello everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I talk with you about what paperwork the vet will have to fill out when they check on your guide dog at their office.
Hello! In today’s episode of the podcast, I talk with you about whether or not you can take your guide dog to the same veterinarian that your family pets go to see.
Hello everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I am discussing support. If you are a provider in a disability program, this episode is for you. You need to support your individuals that you work for. You don’t need to tear them down. If you are the parent of a blind person who is seeking a guide dog, make sure you support them especially if they are in one of these disability programs.
Hello everyone! In this weeks episode of the podcast, I discussed talking to a graduate from your particular guide dog school to learn more about it. I highly recommend this because it will help you figure out which school is best for you. I’ve done this with both schools that I attended and it does work wonders. Trust me.
Hello! In today’s episode of the podcast, I give an explanation and also discuss applications. I explain to you why I’m talking about still being in Minnesota when I’m really not and I also discussed the differences between guide dog school applications.
Hello! In today’s episode of the podcast, I discuss what types of training skills you will need when you go to the school to get your guide dog.
Hi there everyone! In today’s episode of the podcast, I discuss the accessories you get with your dog when you get them.
Hi there everyone! In today’s episode of the show, I’ve decided to talk to you about my very first experience at being excepted and what it was like going to my very first guide dog school. These were my exact first reactions to being excepted and the drive over to the school.
Hello everyone! In today’s episode of the podcast, I discuss whether or not a guide dog school will take you to church if you want to go and worship.
Hi there everyone! In today’s episode of the podcast, I talk about what happens when your birthday lands and you are at guide dog school.
Hello everyone! Happy new year! This is the last episode of the show for 2020 and I will be back next year for more craziness and interesting questions. Thanks for hanging out with me for another year and there’s more to come my friends.
Hello there everyone! In today’s short episode, I’m just coming onto wish you all a very merry Christmas and I hope you have a fantastic one with your families this week. God bless you everyone!
Hi there everyone! In today’s episode of the podcast, I talk about what it’s like celebrating the holidays at a guide dog school.
Hello everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I talk about whether each school provides the same type of guide dog harness.
Hello there everybody! In this episode of the podcast, I discuss how on earth I was able to keep my first guide dog from being absolutely terrified of a thunderstorm.
Hello everyone. In this short episode, I just wanted to come on and wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. I hope it’s a great one for you this week and we will be back with our regularly scheduled shows next week.
Hello everyone! In today’s episode of the podcast, I will be talking to you about my first guide dogs favorite places to go.
Hello there everyone! In today’s episode of the podcast, I discuss the places that my first guide dog did not like to go to at all.
Hello everybody! In this episode of the podcast, I discuss what it’s like on guide dog issue day. I talk about what it’s like to meet your potential guide for the very first time. Enjoy.
Hi there everyone! In today’s episode of the podcast, I talk to you about whether or not you can play with your guide dog once they are off of their harness.
Hello everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I discuss how my first guide dog Kent got along with my cat Gretchen.
Hello there everybody! In today’s episode of the podcast, I talk with you about how a guide dog school matches the dogs to their perspective blind masters.
Hello there everybody! In this episode of the podcast, I discuss why you should never talk to a guide dog while they are working with their blind master. Approach the master to start conversations and don’t be talking to the dog and distract them. Thank you.
Hello there everybody! In today’s episode of the podcast, I discuss whether or not you get more conversations having a guide dog versus your white cane.
Hello everyone! In today’s episode of the podcast, I discuss whether or not a guide dog will sense whether you are unhappy, depressed, or sick.
Hello everybody! Welcome to today’s podcast episode. In this show, I discuss my bucket list of plans to do once I get my new guide dog.
Hello everyone! In today’s episode of the show, I discuss whether or not you can leave your guide dog at home if you go somewhere that startles them.
Hello! In today’s episode of the podcast, I discuss where I will take my very first leader dog when I get them. I talk about what event will be their debut place to get to go.
Hello there everybody! In this episode of the podcast, I talk about whether or not I will allow my guide dog to be in the room with me and watch Mixer streams while I chat moderate them.
Hello everybody! In this episode of the podcast, I talk about whether or not I think my guide dog will have an issue with my latest endeavor. I discuss my game accessibility advocacy and whether or not I think my dog will have issues with it.
Hello everybody! In today’s episode of my podcast, I discuss how in the world I will be carrying one of my reborns out in public while I am using my guide dog.
Hello there everybody! In today’s episode of the podcast, I discuss my reborn collection. I talk about whether or not I will still take them out once I get my new guide dog.
Hello everyone! In this episode, I talk about whether or not you could still have a guide dog even if you live out in the sticks.
Hello everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I discuss the prison program. Someone asked me if I would mind if my new guide dog was prison raised and I answered this question honestly. People may not agree with my answer but they are entitled to their own opinions. This was my honest answer about the prison program and if I would mind if my dog was raised in a prison.
Hi there everybody! In this episode of the podcast, I discuss how you discipline your guide dog when they do something they shouldn’t be doing.
Hi there everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I talk about what treats you should feed your guide dog.
Hello everybody! In this episode of the podcast, I discuss whether or not all guide dogs eat the same brand of food.
Hello everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I discuss whether or not guide dogs walk the same speed.
Hello everyone. Here is the first part of what I’m sure will be a two-part episode. This is talking about my application extension. Will my application be extended because of the pandemic? Here is what I know now and in the future I will update you once I find out everything.
Hello everyone. In this time of crisis, we all need to stay calm for the sake of our guides. If we are calm that will help them, too.
Hello everyone. In this episode, I discuss how to keep a guide dog busy during a pandemic like the one we’ve experienced this year.
Hello everyone! Here is a graphic mess. This is an episode that I said last week would make me a little bit uncomfortable to record but needed to be done. This was a legit question that someone once asked me and I had to answer it. Yes, a guide dog knows about that type of thing. They can definitely tell.
Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. In this episode, I give you a few updates once again letting you know what is going on. Also, I hope everyone is staying well and thanks for sticking it out with me through this hard time.
In this episode of the podcast, I discussed how important mobility training is to getting a guide dog. This is a crucial skill that every guide dog master must have. If you don’t have mobility training, seek assistance from your guide dog school or another service who provides mobility training.
In this episode of the podcast, I discussed getting a dog only if you have tasks for them to do. If you are going to work, school, etc. Don’t get one just to have a pet. If you want a pet their are other means to get one.
In this episode of the podcast, I discuss why it is not a good idea to train your own guide dog. This is only my opinion. This is not an episode to start a controversy. Some people might be successful at it but in my opinion I don’t think it’s a great idea.
In this episode, I discuss the fact that guide dogs love their work. We don’t need assistance to basically spoil our dogs. We give them the love and attention they deserve. We don’t need extra help with that.
In this show, I discussed how guide dogs ears are just as sensitive as any other dogs ears are.
In this episode of the show, I discuss what I do for some extra training for my guide dog.
In this episode of the podcast, we are talking all about weather and how it affects guide dog travel.
In this particular episode of the podcast, I discuss a very weird question. Why is a guide dog spayed or neutered?
Hi everyone! In this episode of the show, I discuss why it’s important to keep each guide dog you get separate from your last. It’s not a good idea to compare one to another. It’s unfair to the dogs. They have all done you a great service and should be treated as such.
In this episode of the podcast, I discuss whether or not I would take my new dog to the places where my first one loved to go. My answer to this question is yes.
Hello everyone. In this episode of the show, I go on a tangent. I don’t do this often on this podcast but today I had no choice. I heard a very disturbing story about teenagers pointing laser pointers in a guide dogs eyes and it disgusted me. I had to come on and talk about it. There are details in the episode of what happened and it’s very sad. This is very disturbing to even talk about. How anyone could do this and enjoy it is disgusting. It’s pathetic that someone had to go this far to be cruel. I’m sickened and disgusted with the whole incident. I really hope that this woman gets justice for her dog.
In this episode of the podcast, I discuss which training program I would like to go into when getting my guide dog.
In this episode of the podcast, I discuss my reaction to people asking me if they can literally walk my guide dog on their harness. Yeah, I actually got this question in reality. Sad but true. Someone was pretending to be blind to walk my guide dog. It did not happen. I didn’t let it happen.
In this episode of the podcast, I discuss why people should never ask to feed a guide dog.
In this episode, I discuss petting a guide dog. I explain why I do not prefer someone to do this.
Hi everyone! In this episode, I come onto wish you a very happy and prosperous new year. Enjoy the celebrations but be safe out there and I’ll see you back here next year.
Hello everyone! In this episode of the podcast, I just came on for a quick show to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy!
In this episode of the podcast, I discuss more details on why my application was put on hold for the time being. I also explain why this is important in the process. It was meant to be done for the safety of both me and my guide.
In this episode of the podcast, I discuss how long an application to a guide dog school lasts.
In this episode, I answer a nagging question that some people have. Can I still have a guide dog if my landlord says I cannot have pets in my apartment complex? The answer to that question is yes you can. They cannot tell you otherwise. It’s discrimination and against the law.
In this episode, I discuss the things that my first guide dog missed out on sadly. I really wish he could’ve been here for a lot of these pivotal events in my life. I’m so sad that he had to miss out on so many wonderful opportunities.
In this episode of the podcast, I discussed my favorite stories of Kent. He was and always will be very special and dear to my heart. I love you Kent. You were the greatest friend a girl could ever have.
In this episode of the podcast, I discussed my least favorite stories about my first guide dog. These stories have nothing to do with Kent at all. They all have to do with people being dumb.
In this episode of the podcast, I describe what happens to your guide dog application when you have to suddenly uproot and move from one place to another.
In this short episode, I describe the naming process for guide dogs. I talk about whether or not the blind master gets a chance to name their dog.
This episode is a lecture on why you should never refuse a guide dog in public. First of all, it’s illegal. Second of all, it’s a service dog not a pet. There’s a big difference.
This episode explains whether or not you can have pets as well as your guide dog. I discuss pros and cons of having pets. There are good and bad in having pets along with your guide.
In this episode, I discuss whether or not a guide dog is trained to protect you in times of trouble. I tell you a couple of very dark stories about this particular subject. One involves me and one involves another blind individual with a wonderful guide dog.
This episode tells where a guide dog sleeps at night. This one might be a little controversial but I’m giving you the fax that I know. I also give my opinion on what method I think is better. This is only my opinion and I’m not going to push my opinion on anyone else. This is just the method I prefer best and why.
In this episode, I discussed how to bath a guide dog. I explain how it differs from bathing a regular pad and also talk about a bathing schedule for your guide.
In this episode, I discuss with you what a guide dog eats and what their feeding schedule is like. I explain how to switch the food if the food the school feeds is very expensive for you to afford. I also talk about how your schedule might change from the schools schedule.
Hello everyone! In this podcast episode, I describe what happened recently and why my application to guide dog school has officially been put on hold for A little while.
In this episode, I discuss how long a guide dog works for their master before they need to retire. I also discuss why a guide might have to retire early.
This episode tells you what will happen usually when a guide dog retires. There are many options out there and it depends on the school.
In this episode, I explain to the best of my ability how guide dogs are trained. Of course, there isn’t a lot of detail because I’m not a trainer. I’m just giving you the process of how a dog is trained.
This episode explains how old you must be to receive a guide dog. I explain how old you must be and why I think it is appropriate.
This is a quick episode letting you know about my application update. I am now waiting for approval. I am so excited to see where this journey leads. Stay tuned and enjoy. I will be back once I am approved and let you know more about what’s going on.
This short little episode describes how to pick the right guide dog school for you. It explains how to decide which one is the best match.
This episode explains what breeds of dogs are available for guides. Also it tells you whether or not you can pick what breed and gender your dog is.
In this quick episode, I give you an update on my Leader Dog application. I also tell you a little bit about what happened over the weekend at a few concerts I attended. I had a lot of great guide dog conversations. Enjoy.
This was an episode that was actually requested by someone. They were curious how I would clean up my guide dogs poop and vomit. It isn’t an easy thing to do but it is possible. In this episode, I explain how I do it as a light perception blind individual.
This is just a quick little update letting you know where my application process is. If more come up I will update again.
These are some of my favorite memories of the very first guide dog school I attended. I made a lot of wonderful friends there. It’s sad that I lost contact with them because they were a boatload of fun.
This episode is the second half of my pros and cons series. This is the negative aspects of having a guide dog. I’m not saying it’s a negative for everyone but this is just some opinions of the negative side of having a guide.
This is the first half of my pros and cons of having a guide dog series. This is the positive aspects of having a guide.
This is an informal lecture on what you should and should never do around a guide dog. This isn’t a specific thing it’s several dues and don’ts. I also have put in several examples from my own experience with my first guide.
This is the episode that explains what this podcast is all about. My podcast is all about guide dog use. I will be educating people on what and what they should not do when they see a guide dog. I’ll also be talking about the application and approval process. I have a lot of other ideas coming up and I can’t wait to share them with you. Once I get my future guide, I’ll have a lot of things to discuss. Stay tuned and enjoy. Thanks for subscribing.