[nagdu] Grave problems with Pilot Dogs program

Thu Apr 14 05:40:26 UTC 2011

Passle,

I didn't realize yours was a Pilot Dog.  Good to know you've been getting
good dogs from them.

I loved your description in another post of working your dog on alternate
sides.  I considered training Mitzi that way at one point.  Then it occurred
to me that since this was my first guide dog as well as my first time
training a guide dog, I should probably give that notion a miss.  /smile/  I
do like the idea of having that flexibility built into the training in case
you need to switch sides for some reason.  Thanks for explaining how that
can work in real life!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Passle Helminski
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:09 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Grave problems with Pilot Dogs program

Hello,

I am a Pilot Dog Handler.  I am working my second guide from Pilot. 
I worked my first dog for 10 and a half years. My second guide and I 
are together for a year. We just got done traveling for Erie,PA to 
Buffalo, NY to Texas and back to Erie with no traffic problems.  We 
will be traveling to Penn State next month and I can assure you we 
will have no traffic problems.

I you want to talk call me (814) 833-6366.

Passle

>I spoke with Alec a member of Nagdu and a guide dog handler. I found out
>that Pilot Dogs train their dogs for only three months. It seems that they
>are not thoroughly trained with traffic, etc. I am just in the beginning
>state of choosing an organization.
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>I could used input from anyone on this list regarding Pilot Dogs both
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>It is a grave concern to me to be given a dog who could put both of us in
>harms way. How can a service dog organization not be called out for unsafe
>dogs?
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>The newbie,
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>Carin
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>Karen Alexander
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>home:    330 864 8351
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>mobile:  330 715 4690
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>710 White Pond Dr #705
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>Akron, Ohio 44320
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