[nagdu] a couple questions

[Melissa Green]

You make some really good points.
I think all of the schools have their problems.
Doing your research is important.
My roommate has a Leader dog.
It is true that they do own the dogs for two years, and you then can apply 
for ownership.
Which did and was granted ownership.

Blessings!
Melissa Green
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] a couple questions


>I think there is good in all the schools. The training is on the baseline
> the same but there are definite differences. Some feel TSE doesn't give
> support following the training; that has not been my experience except 
> that
> sometimes it isn't as quick to come forth because of the fact that there 
> are
> less grads in the area I live far as I can tell. I have had my problems 
> with
> the school and have expressed my feelings about them. I think over the 
> years
> this will happen in almost any environment.
>
> Each school will, I think, suit different personalities. GDB, for 
> instance,
> invites getting to know and spending time with puppy raisers of one's 
> dogs.
> TSE does not, so if you want that, you would not go to TSE. TSE's training
> time frame is four weeks first stay and three for each additional one. If
> you want two weeks, this might not be the program for you. I, like another
> poster, have seen Leader Dogs that didn't appear to be working out in 
> their
> teams so well, but why is it really? I think you might be able to find 
> that
> from almost any school. Applying to TSE was easy; I've not applied to any
> other school. Most of the schools belong to a federation of guide dog
> schools, not naming that right probably, and so much of the training has
> been standardized. I think that the bottom line will be that from the
> information you receive, both from grads and from the schools themselves,
> you will need to decide where you believe you fit the best and then go 
> with
> it.
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
>
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