[nagdu] Retirement Age

[Sheila Leigland]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THEESE ARE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS TO BE MADE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR DOGS

-----Original Message-----
From: Marion Gwizdala <blind411 at verizon.net>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:54 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Retirement Age

Sheila,
    My first three dogs were from Southeastern Guide Dogs in Palmetto, Fla. 
My current guide is from the Guide Dog Foundation (GDF) in Smithtown, NY.

Fraternally yours,
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Retirement Age


> I'm curious about where you got your dog. People that knew next to nothing 
> had opinnions about when we should have retived our dogs drake and anna 
> who were twelve when we had to put them down because of illness.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marion Gwizdala <blind411 at verizon.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 6:14 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nagdu] Retirement Age
>
> Lisa,
>    I am of the opinion that we, as handlers, are the best to determine the
> retirement of our dog, not some arbitrary measure of age nor the opinion 
> of
> someone who has no intimate knowledge of the dog's ability or temperament