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

[Julie Phillipson]

Cheryl do you have the seminar too.  Did any of that get video taped or 
recorded?
Julie Phillipson
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From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] fidelco guide dogs, what do you think of this 
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> 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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