[nagdu] Ownership of guide dog

Margo and Arrow margo.downey at verizon.net
Mon Mar 12 04:11:39 UTC 2012


Also, at the Seeing Eye, even though we own our dogs, Seeing Eye can utilize 
the local animal officers to take the dog.

margo andArrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership of guide dog


> 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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