[nagdu] Ownership of guide dog

[Marion Gwizdala]

Hannah,
    I agree that a program would have the right to repossess a dog under 
such circumstances; however, I contend the program has the burden of proof 
that such circumstances exist and must be able to support their contention 
with objective evidence.

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala



----- 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 11:26 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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