[nagdu] Ownership of guide dog

[Marion Gwizdala]

Buddy,
    then, perhaps, the training programs should consider not branding the 
gear. I am still using one of the sport harnesses that Julie made for me 
several years ago!

Fraternally yours,
Marion





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership of guide dog


> Hi,
>
> The issue isn't so much the cost of the equipment, as best as I 
> understand. It's that the equipment has the guide dog school's name on it, 
> and the school doesn't want their name to be associated with, for 
> instance, a dog that they didn't train. This could happen, for instance, 
> if the harness were sold on eBay. I have no opinion on this one way or the 
> other, as there's absolutely no magic in guide dog gear.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2012, at 5:16 PM, "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Cindy,
>> I thought it's because the harnesses and leashes are expensive and that's
>> why they are loaning them out to us.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:54 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership of guide dog
>>
>> That is an interesting analogy about the harness being the keys. TSE
>> maintains ownership of their harness;they have never asked for it back; 
>> I've
>> always returned them because I had no reason not to. But that is an
>> interesting analogy. I don't want them retaining ownership of my dog and
>> they don't, but I don't have a problem with them retaining ownership of 
>> my
>> harness, which I didn't even know about until recently. What is that 
>> about?
>> I do not know.
>> Cindy
>>
>>
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