[nagdu] Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights
cheryl echevarria
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Sun Jan 30 21:29:46 UTC 2011
Exactly, lately because of the bad weather I can't get out of the house, my own issues here, so does that make me want to give my dog back, there are 75 year old, that travel and are not the old 75, the person should be able to take care of the dog, give it a good home, love and kindness.
We have 75 year old NFB Leaders in this organization that travel a lot of our organization, should we be putting a stamp on age of the person. Or should we be putting 75 year olds in a box like the sighted want to do with us the blind, put us away and lock the door and not let us out.
Not good at all.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Marsha Drenth<mailto:marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights
There are users who are say 75 years old, who get guides, who only leave the
house once a week to get coffee, or to check the mail, or to go to a doctors
appointment. And your saying this is wrong? If that 75 year old has had
guides all their lives. Who is it for us to say that for a user to use a pup
once a week is wrong or right?
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Jordan Gallacher
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:01 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights
Yes,. If you only use the dog once a week, you should not have the dog. .
Jordan
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:56 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights
Jordan, you hae some pretty amazing ideas on other topics; yet you want your
school to have a year's right to remove your dog. First of all, how can it
necessarily be proved that the dog isn't being used for the original
purpose. Second, what is that. I mean, what kind of flexibility is there in
that statement. Let's say I get a dog but I only go out once a week. Is that
mishandling of the dog? In a way, yes, or at least it is poor stewardship
because of the cost of training one. Should that dog be removed from me.
People hae ideas that we are mistreating our dogs all of the time. Who is
going to prove that I am. How are you going to determine if I am a valid
user in a year if you haven't determined that by the time I leave. If word
filters down that I sold the dog to a dog fighter or did something equally
weird, and that word got out, I should never again be allowed to have
another, and I guess I think it would even be fair if that was shared with
other schools.
On Jan 30, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Jordan Gallacher wrote:
> No, the school needs to have a way to make sure that the dog is being used
> properly and have an easy way to take back the dog if need be. You can go
> through the entire training process and get home and never use, mis
handle,
> etc the dog.
> Jordan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Nimer Jaber
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:36 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights
>
> Jordan,
>
> I find this to be ludicrous. If the school trusted you enough after
> their extensive app process to get you there, to train you, to hand
> over the dog to you and allow you to leave their campus, surely they
> can be comfortable enough to give you ownership? What is the point of
> an application if they're not giving you ownership and they're going
> to make sure that you take careo f your dog for a year? Shouldn't they
> just do that instead of an application process lasting months,
> requiring a home interview, countless references, etc etc? Just to
> clarify, I agree with the interview process, I just find that the
> schools retaining ownership to be silly. This would save them costs.
> This would save them the headache. And as has already been pointed
> out, we aren't children. If someone can't handle their dog, there are
> channels that can be followed to get that animal removed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 30/01/2011, Jordan Gallacher <jgallacher1987 at gmail.com<mailto:jgallacher1987 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Here is how ownership should be. The school should own the dog for no
> more
>> than the first year or until the school knows that the user is properly
>> using the dog.
>> Jordan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf
>> Of Steven Johnson
>> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:04 PM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users';
> 'Blind
>> Talk Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights
>>
>> Peter,
>>
>> This is an interesting idea. One thing that I don't believe you touched
> on,
>> or may have indirectly, is the issue of ownership which has been an
> ongoing
>> issue of discussion among the dog guide community and NAGDU for a very
> long
>> time. This might be one way to at least bring this a little closer to
>> creating something that addresses this.
>>
>> Again, an interesting idea. I will be eager to hear what others think.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf
>> Of Peter Donahue
>> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:48 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Cc: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> The situation Marion posted about concerning Fidelco's removal of dogs
>> from graduates without detailed bonified reasons for doing so along with
>> other issues concerning the treatment of students in training and
gradutes
>> of guide dog programs is leading me to believe that perhaps the best way
> to
>> address them is through legislation I'll refer to as a "Guide Dog
> Handler's
>> Bill of Rights." Such legislation would require guide dog programs among
>> other things to give valid reasons for the removal of someone's dog and
an
>> appeals procedure to be put in place should a guide dog handler feel
> he/she
>>
>> has been wrongly accused of mistreatment of the dog. Yes it's true there
> are
>>
>> irresponsible guide dog handlers among us just as there are irresponsible
>> individuals in our society. This is no reason to treat the blind like
>> children.
>>
>> The failure of Fidelco to give the graduate in question valid reasons for
>> the removal of the dog is a situation we should not tolerate and need to
> put
>>
>> a stop to. Leader Dogs has also behaved in a similar way towards its
>> graduates. If memory serves me correctly a Leader Dog Graduate's dog was
>> removed from them during a recent national convention. And as I recall
> there
>>
>> was insufficient reasons for the removal of that dog from its handler.
>>
>> A Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights could require all guide dog
> programs
>> to give their graduates full ownership of their dogs upon successful
>> completion of their programs. I emphasize the word "Successful."
>>
>> Another issue the legislation could address is communication
> between
>>
>> guide dog handlers and puppy raisers. In most cases this isn't an issue.
>> Sadly there is at least one U.S. guide dog organization that refuzes to
>> offer their graduates and puppy raisers the opportunity to communicate
>> directly with each other. The Seeing Eye only permits communication
> between
>> the two parties through the school. It removes all contact information
> from
>> correspondence from notes passed between the two parties. Such a
custodial
>> practice also subjects both parties to censorship of such correspondence
> by
>> the school. Has this organization and others that may have similar
> practices
>>
>> forgotten that they're dealing with adults who must learn to manage their
>> life's affairs including how communication between themselves and their
>> dog's puppy raiser will occur if it does at all. This decision should
rest
>> with the parties in question and not the dictates of a guide dog program
>> that thinks it is doing the right thing when in reallity it is doing more
>> harm than good.
>>
>> A guide dog handler's Bill of Rights would require guide dog programs
> to
>>
>> establish procedures for facilitating direct communication between its
>> graduates and puppy raisers and would prohibit the removal of contact
>> information it may pass between them.
>>
>> A number of Seeing Eye graduates have discussed this matter with the
>> school only to receive one excuse after another. And oh yes. As was told
> to
>> Marion by Fidelco concerning the graduate who's dog was wrongly removed
> the
>> same old fashion voodoo about confidentiality and privacy are touted
>> concerning direct communication between puppy handlers and guide dog
> school
>> graduates. Programs like the Seeing Eye and others with similar practices
>> would do well to enter the new Milennium on this matter or face the
>> possibility of a legislative mandate to do so. Guide dog handlers have a
>> right to learn about their dog's up-bringing. Who best to provide that
>> information than the dog's puppy raiser.
>>
>> One Seeing Eye Instructor told me that when one adopts a child contact
>> information for the child's former parents is withheld. The same should
be
>> done in the case of guide dog puppy raisers and SE'S graduates. I
wouldn't
>> be pressed to want such information from an adoption agency in the first
>> place. As the child becomes a part of the family and begins to share
> his/her
>>
>> background I'd have a way to get the information I need to be a more
>> effective parent. A dog is unable to communicate such information to its
>> owner. I have had guide dogs from several guide dog schools and had no
>> issues with communication between myself and the dog's raiser. I have
very
>> specific requirements any future guide dog program would need to me if
I'm
>> to seek training from them. Because all guide dog programs have one less
>> then desireable practice or another switching schools to address the
puppy
>> raiser communication issue is not an option. No self-respecting blind
>> individual should be put in such a predicament. Let's make sure graduates
> of
>>
>> all guide dog programs have the opportunity to communicate directly with
>> their dog's puppy family if they choose to do so.
>>
>> These are just two issues a "Guide Dog Handler Bill of Rights" could
>> address. I'm sure folks on these lists can think of more. It's an idea
> worth
>>
>> considering to help put an end to practices many of us find demeaning and
>> offensive. Thanks for reading.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>>
>>
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