[nagdu] opinions about schools

[Terra Syslo]

I have a friend who got all of her dogs from Seeing Eye, and she has been
happy with them. That's why it's good to get objective opinions about the
different schools out there without constantly attacking them just because
you had a bad experience, or they didn't do things the way you had hoped.
Several of the schools have been around quite a while, so they must make
some people happy, or they wouldn't be around. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:14 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] a couple questions

OK, Jordan. You had a bad experience at TSE. You would never go there again 
and that's fine. But don't tell us that if we think TSE is a good school we 
are seriously mistaken. That's not really particularly appropriate.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordan Gallacher" <jgallacher1987 at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] a couple questions


If you think TSE is a good school you are sadly mistaken.  If you follow
what GDB tells you and know what you are doing and know the signs of a dog
not feeling well or not working right, you'd be fine.
Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of solsticesinger
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:10 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] a couple questions

Maybe GDB has allowed you to make all the decisions, but I have known
several grads who have argued quite vigorously just to have that right.
Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. So, GDB does not let everyone
make all the decisions.

I understand that you're happy with your school and with the dog they gave
you. However, try to be objective, and realize that no program is perfect.
There will be people who have had negative experiences with every program,
and that's their right. Those are their experiences, and we can't refuse to
hear them. I acknowledge the fact that you have had good experiences with
GDB, but, because of things I have heard from close friends, that would not
be a school from which I would choose to obtain a dog. However, I will not
attempt to persuade you not to get a dog from there. You have the right to
your own opinion, just as everyone else does.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordan Gallacher" <jgallacher1987 at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] a couple questions


> Not at GDB.  You still make all the decisions.
> JOrdan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of The Pawpower Pack
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 10:30 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] a couple questions
>
> Jordan,
> Everyone's priorities are different.  Ownership is very, very
> important to me.  I first attended a program where ownership was not
> given.  I felt like the program didn't trust me, and I felt
> alternately smothered and threatened.  Needless to say, I didn't go
> back there after my 2nd dog.
> Because of my experiences, I want to know that I own my dog.  If there
> is a medical issue, I want to be the one making the decisions
> regarding treatment or lack there of, not some strange vet two time-
> zones away.
> Other people have different priorities; for some breed is very
> important.  They will only work a black lab or a golden or a GSD and
> no other breed will do but that particular one.
> I seldom have the same breed twice in a row because as long as the dog
> can work, I don't really care.
> Just because you don't care about ownership doesn't mean that those
> who do are wrong or that their priorities are invalid.
>
> Rox and the Herbal HenchHounds:
> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
> "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm
> not sure about the universe."-Albert Einstein
> http://www.pawpowercreations.com
> pawpower4me at gmail.com
> AIM: Brissysgirl
>
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