[nagdu] $150: Then & now

[Margo and Elmo]

the value then and now isn't the issue with most of us who attend the Seeing 
eye.  it's that we must pay something for our dogs.

margoa nd Elmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:06 AM
Subject: [nagdu] $150: Then & now


> Dear All,
>    As is typical on this list, topics tend to repeat themselves. Some time 
> ago there was a discussion of the $150 fee charged by The Seeing Eye. this 
> fee has been charged since early in its history. I did a check on what the 
> value of $150  was then (and I don't remember what year I used for "then") 
> and now. I sent the result to the list, so someone could look in the 
> archives for the exact amount. I remember it was more than $2000!
>
> Fraternally,
> Marion
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Margo and Elmo" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader
>
>
>> what do you mean by charging a feee for ownership.  Seeing eye requires 
>> that we pay a fee for our dogs.  it is a small fee and I like that we pay 
>> something.  We also aren't supposed to ask anyone for help to pay this 
>> fee. They tqake installment payments so this fee could be paid by anyone. 
>> It's $150 for new students; $50 for retrains.  I personally like the fact 
>> that my dog isn't given to me totally free. yes, the fee is very, very 
>> small compared to the training costs and all that but I like the 
>> principle of it.
>>
>> margo and Elmo
>> ----- 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: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader
>>
>>
>>>I don't know if there is a time limit, but sometimes dogs that get 
>>>returned
>>> do get placed again. At GDB, they ask if you prefer not to have a dog 
>>> that
>>> has been returned. I know a lady who had two shepherds in a row that had
>>> been returned, and they were perfectly fine dogs.
>>>
>>> Also, are there any other schools that charge a fee for ownership? I 
>>> don't
>>> really like that idea.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Ron Davidson" <fuzzy_1 at cox.net>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:21 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M, Ownership, & Leader
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
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