[Blindtlk] NFB Guide Dog School
Peter Donahue
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Thu Mar 21 19:06:15 UTC 2013
Hello again Kelby and everyone,
You need to read past issues of The Braille Monitor. There are instances
where dogs were taken by the schools with no justification for doing so. One
case involved a Fidelco graduate whose dog was removed with no valid reason
given. NAGDU has also tracked other instances of where this has happened.
Seeing Eye never retained ownership of its dogs ever since its inception in
1929. You pay $150.00 for your first dog and $50.00 for each subsequent dog
and are given a bill of sale by them. That dog is yours. If there are
possible issues concerning the dog's welfare that's the realm of local
animal control and should not be a matter for the school to police. Their
doing so subjects the dog user to double standards and gives the public the
idea that blind persons are more likely to abuse animals. God help blind
persons attempting to find animal-related jobs given rubbish like that being
put in to the public mind by guide dog schools. Sure pamper the dogs with
TLC but pamper their owners with a due-process procedure should they feel
their dogs were taken from them unjustly something the Guide Dog Consumer
Bill of Rights would have required all guide dog programs to do if they
signed on to it. One of its authors is writing this message.
Peter Donahue
From: "Kelby Carlson" <kelbycarlson at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] NFB Guide Dog School
Seriously, what is the big deal? Perhaps I haven't been a guide
dog user long enough, but I see no problem (and actually some
advantage) in at least a period of ownership retension. This is
as much practical as it is "paternalistic". And do you seriously
want blind people to picket guide dog schools over this? That
will certainly help the NFB's image among the blind community.
Kelby
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:29:09 -0500
Subject: [Blindtlk] NFB Guide Dog School
Hello Cheryl and everyone,
I've discussed this with Marion privately and suggested that
an item
concerning the creation of an NFB-run guide dog program be put on
the NAGDU
agenda to no avail. I was at last year's NAGDU Meeting and was
very
disgusted with the reaction of the audience when Marion addressed
the group
concerning the continued practice of ownership retention by guide
dog
programs. Few if anyone applauded his remarks and there was
hardly any call
for a more aggressive response to ending this practice. If
things have
changed when I see picket lines go up in front of the grounds of
guide dog
schools that still retain ownership of the dogs it places with
its blind
students than I'll know there is a new spirit of concerted action
within
NAGDU. I'll be watching the Braille Monitor for this year's
NAGDU Agenda to
see what new item will be included or if it's going to be the
same-old-same-old!
Peter Donahue
----- Original Message -----
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Canes and Dogs, the In-House Checkup
The only way any of this is going to happen is to come to
national
convention and come to the NAGDU meeting and work on it together.
We are an
organization, and we should all work together, and if that
doesn't work then
you get the people in that division that will do it.
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From: justin.williams2 at gmail.com
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:04:07 -0400
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Canes and Dogs, the In-House Checkup
No, pamper the dogs. They work hard and they deserve it. I
like the
other
stuff you said though.
-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Julie J.
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:08 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Canes and Dogs, the In-House Checkup
I think the answer to protecting the dogs is two fold. First I
would
like to see a more in depth background investigation of the
blind
applicant. Do a criminal background check, require more
references, ask
the neighbors...whatever it takes. Adoption agencies place
children
into homes surely we can figure out a way to more accurately
know what
sort of situation the dog will be placed into. Secondly, I
think there
are already agencies in place for dealing with animal abuse, the
police
and animal control. I don't see any reason why these agencies
can't be
used in cases of neglect or abuse.
In regard to cost and the blind applicant absorbing the cost of
the dog
in order to own the dog outright is an extremely valid point.
We have
to stop expecting everything for nothing. I like the Seeing
Eye's
concept of charging the student. I do wish that the cost had
increased
over the years with the cost of living. It has been $150 since
the
beginning of the school in 1928. I think that's the right year.
$150
was a very different sum of money then and now.
I also think that guide dogs can be raised and trained for
substantially
lower sums of money than $60,000. If you look at the various
guide dog
programs and how much each claims it costs to train a dog, the
numbers
vary widely. All those buildings, fancy food, excessive
equipment and
other niceties cost money.
Julie
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