[nagdu] contact with puppy raisers/walkers

[Doug Parisian]

Well, I won't go in to a great long argument since thie unfortunate policy 
will probably die in a few years, and I've heard all the tedium about why it 
exists.  To repeat myself, I only want choice and if I make the wrong one, 
that's my problem.  That to me is treating one like a truly respected adult 
person.  If you aren't mature enough to handle whatever results occur as a 
result of the contact which you have approved, simple, don't do it.

Doug: I swear a lot--please, thank you, and other nastiness.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 3:59 PM
Subject: [nagdu] contact with puppy raisers/walkers


> Although GDF does allow contact with puppy raisers/walker, I do feel the
> need to defend TSE's no-contact policy. It has nothing, absolutely 
> nothing,
> to do with you being an adult. It's about the principle of anonymous 
> giving,
> selfless giving.
>
> I've been in a workshop where a puppy raiser actually said "I raised these
> dogs. I'm entitled to pet them whenever I want. You people are too mean to
> them, never write back and don't deserve them."
>
> The man who said this totally embarrassed his family and does not 
> represent
> all puppy raisers/walkers, but his opinion, or variations thereof, are out
> there and make up the wide reasons people do raise puppies.
>
> Also, not everything your dog does now is a result of things it did as a
> puppy or was illegally allowed to do. I've heard from puppy walkers who 
> were
> crushed when hearing about their dogs' behavior as guides and were berated
> by the handlers for allowing X, Y or Z when they did no such thing.
>
> I think those who have issue with TSE's puppy contact policy should read 
> in
> the literature exactly why it was established. It screams respect for the
> adult nature of blind people.
>
> Jenine Stanley
> jeninems at wowway.com
>
>
>
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