[nagdu] Update on Eye Dog Foundation

[Marion Gwizdala]

Mardi,
    I received a copy of the message Diana sent to you. As she said, we have 
two people who had horrible experiences at the hands of Gwen brown at EDF! I 
am certain that EDF will be shut down in the not-too-distant future!

fraternally yours,
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 6:06 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Update on Eye Dog Foundation


> Hi every one,I have been keeping in touch with Diana Anderson,one of the
> Puppy Raisers for the Eye Dog Foundation.. After the death of my first
> guide,Lily, I contacted the EDF by phone and email to apply for a dog.I 
> have
> contacted them many times over the years and never received any answers
> back. That is only one of the reasons that I continued to owner train my 
> own
> dogs with the help of a trainer.The other reasons are that I can not 
> travel
> far from my home and I am a wheel chair user. In my correspondence with 
> EDF,
> I did mention that I was a wheelchair user and asked if they would 
> consider
> training a dog for me.Alas, never got any answers to my many 
> inquiries.After
> hearing about all the problems associated with the Eye Dog Foundation and
> talking to Diana about the situation, she has kept me updated from time to
> time. Recently, there have been 2 gentlemen that applied for dogs from 
> EDF.
> One received the dog that Diana raised and the other gentleman was denied
> his dog just before graduation. He was escorted out the front gate and 
> left
> there to wait over 2 hours until he could get a ride
> home.I do not know the reasons for this.The gentleman who did receive a 
> dog
> is very unsatisfied with the training that his dog received,and feels that
> the dog is unsafe.We are all working together to get EDF shut down as a
> fraudulent charity.We do not know how many others have contacted EDF and
> received no contact back, but only 2 dogs have been "trained" and only 1
> placed in 3 years.Still other dogs have remained in the kennel untrained 
> and
> unplaced. Marion, Diana wanted me to contact you about this matter and I
> will call you.   Mardi and Shaman and Nala,retired.
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