[nagdu] Ownership of guide dog

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Hannah,

    In the cases about which you are talking, it is justified. However, 
there have been cases where the handler said that he/she needed some help, a 
trainer came to help the handler for a day and said that they would work 
more the next day, and, the next day, came and took the dog. This is not 
acceptable. If you would like to read the whole story, I will find it and 
repost it to the list.

Nicole

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership of guide dog


>I think that the school has the right to take your dog if you're not taking
> care of it or abusing it or not letting it do it's work. A lot of people 
> do
> things like that and I don't think it's right because a lot of time and
> expenses are dedicated to guide dogs and guide dog training.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 8:22 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership of guide dog
>
> First and foremost, GDB does *initially* retain ownership of the dog, but
> handlers can request ownership after a year. I have never heard of a case 
> in
> which ownership was denied by GDB. I would not exclude GDB from your list 
> of
> schools just because of this.
>    Second, whether or not the school retains ownership, in my opinion, is
> not the major issue. A bigger problem is when schools come take your dog
> from you without discussing it with you first.
>
> ----- 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: Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:40 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Ownership of guide dog
>
>
>> What is your opinion of a guide dog Schools retaining ownership of the 
>> dog
>
>> after training? I know some schools such as South eastern, and piolet 
>> dogs
>
>> give ownership of the guide dog to the student after training. While
>> others such as GDB retain ownership. Has the NFB made an offical stance
>> concerning this issue? RJ
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