[nagdu] should guides be given a second owner if it doesn't work out with the first owner?

[PICKRELL, REBECCA M (TASC)]

Hard to say. 
You're the one that is choosing to live with this dog. I say it this way because it is a choice. If these issues are too much for you to deal with, then you need another dog. We all have our breaking points and those points are different for each situation. 
None of my dogs were reissues. They both had habbits I needed to deal with, some by making them go away, some by learning to live with. 
I think, given that this is how you feel, you need to think long and hard about the value you are getting from the relationship. Why do you love your dog? Has he changed your life in good ways or bad ways? Maybe some of both? 
Seriously, ask yourself these hard questions and really listen to the answers. 


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brittney N. Mejico
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:20 PM
To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
Subject: [nagdu] should guides be given a second owner if it doesn't work out with the first owner?

Hello all,  
My dog had another handler before me.  I don’t think that guides should be given another handlerbecause the dog picksup a lot of bad habits and they are  really hard to get rid of.  I love my  dog very muchand harvard has changed my life, but it took me a year to stop a lot of her bad habbits, and we still have some work to do.  What do you guys think? am I over reacting?