[nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader

Wayne Merritt wcmerritt at gmail.com
Sat Feb 28 19:19:26 UTC 2009


In the words of one of my fellow students in The seeing Eye class last
fall, "I was given ownership when I paid the $50 fee for a replacement
dog on the first day here."

Wayne

On 2/28/09, Marion & Martin <swampfox1833 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Jenine,
>     I believe that part of what NAGDU does is better inform graduates.
> Unfortunately, many schools don't want graduates to be better informed
> because a better informed consumer is a threat to the more custodial
> programs. IMHO, "the more custodial programs" are those who do not transfer
> ownership upon graduation. the longer one needs to wait for ownership, the
> more custodial the program. Furthermore, the more strings attached, i.e.,
> medical reports, the more custodial the program. Those programs that
> transfer ownership seem to view their blind graduates as adults with the
> capacity to manage their own affairs, including the care of their animals.
> If a blind person cannot even care for an animal, how can we care for our
> children? Again, JMHO!
>
> Fraternally,
> Marion Gwizdala
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 8:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader
>
>
>> Marion,
>>
>> I'd assert that even when graduates have ownership, such as most GDF grads
>> do, people are far too hesitant to contact the school about problems. Some
>> are embarrassed. Some truly do think we can still take the dog away, even
>> though we explain what factors would cause this to happen and how rare it
>> is.
>>
>> Might we suggest retirement? Certainly, but we can't force the issue
>> unless
>> some extremely serious things have already happened.
>>
>> I'm not sure I completely understand the behavior of not wanting to call
>> the
>> school for fear of having a dog taken away when people do legally own the
>> dog, but it happens. I've sadly had to talk to people who waited way, way
>> too late to call and then the issues were far beyond fixing and the dogs
>> had
>> to be retired. When asked why they didn't call sooner, many of these
>> people
>> said they were afraid we'd take the dog away. Well, because we weren't
>> able
>> to offer any help, in any form, the dog had to be retired, so, person
>> calls
>> school, dog has to retire, calling school is bad? Stranger things have
>> been
>> proposed.
>>
>>
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