[nagdu] another reason for having your own harness

[Marion Gwizdala]

Steve,
    I guess I am just not as familiar with them as I am of the guide dog 
schools. We have two that I know of here in Florida: Canine Companions for 
Independence & Florida Service dogs, Inc.

Fraternally yours,
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Johnson" <stevencjohnson at centurytel.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] another reason for having your own harness


> Marion,
>
> I believe that the mobility service dog world has quite a few more choices
> than given credit for.  Have you ever taken a look at the State by State
> listing on the deltasociety.org site?  In fact, I had put out 12 
> invitations
> to service dog training agencies for our upcoming service dog seminar and
> these are just from Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota with the majority
> serving nation-wide, and we have 4 attending.  So, I would tend to dispute
> the claim of having more choice of dog guide agencies.  In fact, we 
> probably
> have less as compared to our peers with mobility impairments.
>
> Respectfully,
> Steve
>
>
>
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