[nagdu] Ownership

[Marion & Martin]

Jenine,
    I'm not sure about your assertion that this is voluntary! It seems to me 
that, when I read Merry's ownership agreement, the requirement to submit an 
annual health report was part of the agreement. If it is voluntary, what is 
the reason for making it a part of a binding contract? Would you be willing 
to send a copy of this agreement to the list for us to look at?

Fraternally yours,
Marion



----- 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: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership


> Thanks Steve for that rational view of being asked to turn in medical
> reports. At GDF, doing so is indeed voluntary. We would hope that people 
> do
> turn in their vet reports as a way for us to track the health of breeding
> lines in general, not to police each person's actions with his or her dog.
>
> That said, we all can cite cases of dogs whose health is poorly managed 
> from
> excessive weight gain to lack of attention to skin conditions, etc. If we
> assume that people are indeed mature adults when issued dogs and that 
> people
> do fully understand the implications of allowing a dog to become 
> overweight,
> do we as fellow handlers just sit back and allow it to happen? I realize 
> no
> one can force anyone else to do anything necessarily, ownership or not, 
> and
> certainly if we look at parents with severely overweight or out of control
> children, what do we do there?
>
> The hardest thing for a guide dog instructor, or other school staffer, to
> see is a team that has become unhealthy or out of control, especially 
> after
> numerous discussions about the matter. I'm sure it's just as difficult for
> people from Seeing Eye as any other school, ownership policy or not.
>
> Jenine Stanley
> jeninems at wowway.com
>
>
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