[nagdu] Guide dogs of the Desert?

[Linda Gwizdak]

Also, Guide Dogs of the Desert has no summer classes - way too hot there.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathryn Bonnette" <cathrynisfinally at verizon.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dogs of the Desert?


> Hi Justin,
> Just for consideration-
> It's been a few years, but I called Guide Dogs of the Desert to inquire
> about training.  The person I spoke with was loud, rude and verbally 
> abusive
> including yelling into my ear as he yelled at a dog during our call!  I 
> made
> a quick decision to look elsewhere.  Glad I did.  The Seeing Eye Institute
> in NJ has been the best experience I could have imagined.
>
> Cathryn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:56 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dogs of the Desert?
>
> Hi Justin.
> Guide Dogs of the Desert (GDD), is a very small school.  That means their
> applicants have to wait longer for a class date than applicants to a big
> school like GDB.
> GDD trains the usual suspects, like labs, and also trains some poodles.
> That's all I know.
> Tracy
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> GDB is still my primary focus for getting a dog, in fact I have just
>> joined the GDBLounge list. However, I have just heard of a school very
>> near me called Guide Dogs of the Desert. It's in White Water California,
>> which is only about 40 miles from where I live. I'm curious if anyone on
>> this list has been there or knows anything about it. I've talked to two
>> people who say that they have a better reputation now than they used to
>> and that they have improved. I'm not sure what that means.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Justin
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