[nagdu] fidelco guide dogs, what do you think of this organization

[cheryl echevarria]

Artie:

It is more than just one dog!

They are also going after people who have volunteered there time, money and 
services to the school

I am hoping that someone video taped that, I wasn't able to do it.

I do have all the video from the NAGDU Board Meeting that will be up on 
Youtube soon.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Thomas" <tinadt at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] fidelco guide dogs,what do you think of this 
organization


> Hello Artie- The situation with Fidelco goes way beyond the matching
> process. There have been many graduates who have had serious issues with 
> the
> practices and policies of the school. There have been graduates who have 
> had
> their dogs taken away without cause, as well as being denied follow up
> services.
> Tina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Artie.
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:06 AM
> To: NAGDU
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] fidelco guide dogs, what do you think of this
> organization
>
>
>
>     I know people with Fidelco guides, I hang out in the group where they
> do, and my guide is from the Guide Dog
> Foundation  on Long Island.
>
>     So,  you saw one item about a Fidelco guide that is less than
> satisfactory.  One?  I got a guide dog from Southeastern in Florida 11 
> years
> ago; a dog that admittedly should not have been issued to be a service 
> dog;
> and was early-retired.  My second guide from SEGDI was fantastic!  My GDF
> guide is super fantastic, as is my S-O's Goldador from GDF, which is her
> sixth guide since high school; first from GDF.
>
>     Poor matches happen everywhere.   It's part of life.  I'd seen
> mis-matches get corrected with SEGDI handlers.  No school never has a
> mis-match.
>
>     One reason I applied to GDF was that I spent my life and career on 
> "the
> Island".  It's my old stomping grounds.
>
>     I'd suppose that there are Fidelco  handlers here in the NAGDU list. 
> I
> can put the word out in the group where they hang their hats, if you'd 
> like.
>
>     Artie and GDF Golden guide dog JJ by the Gulf,
>     west central Florida.
>     Dusty's Light Will  Shine Forever!
>     and sweet Charcoal, who has received her Beautiful
>     Angel Wings, her Loving Memory lives on in our hearts.
>
> ======================.
> From: "reinhard stebner"
>
> I just joined this list in hopes of getting opinions of Fidelco guide 
> dogs.
>
> 1) What have you thought  about Fidelco dogs?  I recently say a Braille
> monitor article about one users bad experience with Fidelco.  I had 
> applied
> for a dog from them in February and was just approved to get a  guide from
> them.  After reading the article, I have doubts if I have
> made the correct decision with attending this guide school.
>
> 2) All of the dogs that I have seen from this school have been very  well
> trained and respond well to their handlers.  I wanted a German  Shepherd 
> and
> did not have time to go to a traditional school.  I have  had poor matches
> from other schools and wanted to give a smaller school
> a try.
>
> Any constructive feedback is welcome about guide dogs schools.  I want  to
> make sure I am making the best possible decision and not have issues
> with he school.
> =================
>
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