[nagdu] Guide Dog Schools

lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
Fri Apr 17 17:55:54 UTC 2009


Thanks, Angie.  Yeah, that's why we need to get rid of the guide dog board 
(grin!).  They're going to insinuate that Seeing Eye isn't "good enough" to 
home train their California graduates???!  DUH! The Seeing Eye started it 
all - long before anyone thought of a guide dog board. Figures, California 
and its over regulating of everything.

I didn't know GDB would do home training for a Seeing Eye grad if they 
needed to get the home training.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Schools


> Hi Linda,
>
> The statute states that in cases of hardship, the California schools can
> provide in-home training to a first-time guide-dog user. Additionally, GDB
> could provide in-home training to a grad of Seeing Eye, or any other 
> school
> "equivalent" to a licensed school.
>
> The scenario you discussed, in which you would get in-home training from
> Seeing Eye, is exactly the kind of thing the Board is now trying to
> regulate.
>
> HTH,
>
> Angie
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:36 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Schools
>
> Hi Laurie,
> Wasn't there something in the guide dog board about a person having to
> already be a school's graduate before they'll consider you for the home
> training?  For instance, a person needs to have already obtained a dog 
> from
> Guide Dogs For the Blind in the past before they could get a GDB dog via
> home training.  I thought there was something about that in the board's
> rules - GDB couldn't train a person through its home training program 
> unless
>
> that person has had a dog from them in the past that they obtained in the
> on-campus training program.  I could be wrong (grin!).  I know the schools
> I've gone to have said that a person has to already be their graduate 
> before
>
> they'll do home training.
>
> No, I understand about the schools coming to do home training for their
> California grads.  No worries!  That's different - the California resident
> is a current graduate from whatever program they were getting dogs from 
> out
> of state.  If I wanted Seeing Eye to train me at home for my next dog, 
> they
> could come and do that - unless the guide dog board tries to screw that up
> for guide dog users here in CA.
>
> I do wish they'd get rid of that board anyway - no use for it anymore.  Oh
> sure - GDB can and does train out of state people in their homes in 
> another
> state.  You know, I've never even heard of GDB until I moved here.  In New
> England, all the guide dog users I knew there had dogs from Guiding Eyes,
> Guide Dog Foundation, Seeing Eye, and now, Fidelco.  I think there's 
> someone
>
> from this list who has a dog from GDB and she lives in the Boston area.
>
> Linda and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Laurie Mehta" <lauriemehta at yahoo.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Schools
>
>
>>
>> Hi Linda,
>> I think that something was somehow misunderstood. /smile/
>>
>> California schools can, and do, in-home trainings out of state.  The 
>> issue
>
>> with the state regs is whether an unlicensed trainer can come into
>> California to do an in-home training and remain compliant with state 
>> regs.
>>
>> GDB does in-home trainings all over the US and Canada.  I am not clear on
>> what the criteria is for receiving in-home training from them, though.
>>
>> hth-- Laurie
>>
>> --- On Fri, 4/10/09, lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com 
>> <lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com>
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From: lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com <lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Schools
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 12:58 PM
>>> Hi,
>>> The schools in California will do home training only if you
>>> are a current graduate.  I think I saw that in a post a
>>> couple of weeks ago that had the rules from the California
>>> Guide Dog Board.
>>>
>>> Linda and Landon
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole B.
>>> Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of
>>> Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 3:29 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Schools
>>>
>>>
>>> > Guide Dogs for the Blind also offers in home training,
>>> but I don't know what
>>> > the requirements are.  In any case, they have
>>> wonderful follow up
>>> > services--flea and heart worm medicine every year,
>>> $250 for vet bills and
>>> > you can apply for more if needed (which I actually did
>>> once), and
>>> > representatives in the field to come work with you if
>>> you are having
>>> > problems.
>>> >
>>> > Nicole and Lexia
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel and
>>> Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
>>> > To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association
>>> of Guide Dog Users"
>>> > <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:54 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Schools
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi, Sherry.
>>> >
>>> > I got my fourth dog from Pilot in October of last
>>> year. We came home
>>> > Halloween, actually. I'm not positive, but you may
>>> try talking to Steve or
>>> > Jay over there because in some circumstances, home
>>> training can be provided.
>>> > I didn't do home training, but I didn't have a
>>> job, either, although I have
>>> > one now. Hope this helps some, and if you have further
>>> questions, my email
>>> > address is:
>>> > serenityangel1983 at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> > Take care.
>>> > Rachel and Rhett
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