[nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader

[Ron Davidson]

I was told that once a dog is returned it is retired or adopted out and they 
do not retrain and match with another student. As far as ownership I don't 
see what the big deal is if the school retains ownership for a year or two 
years. If they feel you are abusing or not taking care of the dog I would 
want them to take it. I have known too many people get the dog and don't 
follow the feeding guidelines and feed table scraps etc and it ruins the 
dogs digestive system and they will go for food left on floors of restraunts 
etc. To me all that does is ruin a good working dog and make the rest of us 
look bad. The school I went to kept ownership for two years and it was no 
big deal to me but everyone is different. I also was told  that Seeing eye 
gives ownership upon graduation when you pay a fee of 150.00 and this came 
from one of their field reps. I don't know what Leader dog does I went to 
Guiding Eyes and was very pleased with them and their follow-up.   If I have 
a problem I gave them a call and we solved it over the phone or a field 
trainer would come down if serious enough. I know everyone has their own 
preference of schools just like me and this is just my opinion.