[Blindtlk] if you have a few minutes

[Marci Carpenter]

Have you spoken with anyone fro NAGDU (National Association of Guide Dog Users)? The website, www.nagdu.org, has information and ways to contact the NAGDU board members. This is a way to gather information from guide dog users who also have a lot of contact with many other guide dog users. 

Marci
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Julie J. via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> You guys always have amazing insights to all my questions!  So here’s my latest.
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> I’m thinking  about my next project and would really appreciate your input.  I want to create something meaningful and useful to guide and service dog users. 
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> Right now I’m gathering information and doing a lot of thinking.  Your answers to a few questions will help me out greatly!
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> You can email your responses to: 
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> julielj at neb.rr.com
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> if you’d like to visit by phone please email me with  a few choices of when you are available and your number and I will do my best to contact you. Please respond to me directly so we don’t clutter up the list.  
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> Please feel free to share this as widely as is appropriate!
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> 1. What is the biggest challenge you  face as a guide or service dog user?
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> 2. On a day to day basis, what are some of the struggles you have in regard to your guide or service dog?
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> 3. What is something you wish you had known before you got a guide or service dog?
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> 4.  What did you hope your guide or service dog would add to your life and how has that worked out?
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> 5. If you have or are thinking about owner training or adding additional tasks to a program trained dog, what  do you desperately need to know?
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> And now some info about you...
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> Are you a guy or a gal?
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> Age?
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> Describe your living arrangements...house/apartment, big city/country, alone/live with a large family 
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> What daily commitments do you have, such as a job, caring for children,  or community obligations?
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> What kind of support do you have with any issues that may come up in regard to your guide or service dog?
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> What kind of guide or service dog do you have? (guide dog for a visual disability, service dog for a mobility disability, hearing dog for an auditory disability, alert dog for a medical condition, psychiatric service dog or something else)?
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> Is your dog  from a program, owner trained, privately trained or some combination?
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> How do you most like to get information? Examples: email, phone, paper books, digital books, video, audio etc.  Please be as specific as possible!
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> And if you still have time to answer more questions, I have one more!
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> What is one  product or service you would love to  have that would make life with your guide or service dog totally awesome??
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> Thanks so much!  As a thank you for filling out this survey, I am hosting a telephone conference  where you can ask me anything, connect with other guide and service dog users and   win cool dog stuff!  I will email you the call in info when I receive your email with your survey answers.
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> I sincerely appreciate your time!  Thanks so much for helping me out with this!
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> Julie Johnson
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> julielj at neb.rr.com
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> Julie 
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