[nagdu] dog ownership

[Marion Gwizdala]

R.J.,
    I received a copy of the agreement the woman who was the subject of the 
article I wrote signed. The agreement had a place to check whether or not 
she wanted ownership and she checked that she did. The agreement also stated 
that Fidelco retained the sole and absolute discretion to repossess the dog 
at any time and for any reason. Though ownership should not be a subjective 
consideration, it seems as if it is handled this way. I am of the opinion 
that a program's unwillingness to transfer ownership to the consumer upon 
the completion of training communicates a lot about what the program 
believes about the capacity of the blind.

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala, President
National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU)
National Federation of the Blind
813-626-2789
President at NAGDU.ORG
HTTP://WWW.NAGDU.ORG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 8:46 PM
Subject: [nagdu] dog ownership


> Dear all, One of the things I did when speaking to guide dog schools is I 
> spifically asked the school who retains ownership of the dog after 
> training, and most of the guide dog schools will answer this question. In 
> the braille monator ariticle you wrote Marion, did the woman ask the 
> school who retains ownership of the dog? If so, what was she told? I know 
> freedom guide dogs told me right up front they retain ownership of the dog 
> for one year, then afterwords onership is transfered to the client. For 
> those of you who arn't famillure with freedom, heres a word file they 
> emailed to me. RJ
>


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