[nagdu] Ownership of your dog

Tue Nov 20 18:43:11 UTC 2012

 HI sara, and all.
 pilot dogs gives us students.
 full ownership after we leave.
 the campus.

On Nov 20, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Debbie Cole wrote:

> Sarah
> Some schools offer complete ownership at time of Graduation.  I ahve
> heard some schools make you wait 2 years.
> You know After my fall and hospitalization when Leone pulled me in a
> dog distractiona nd she was taken from me for evaluation and re-train
> the ownership contract was changed for another year.  So here I wait.
> I actually forgot about the ownership contract.  so make sure you do
> the signing and sending it in and everything right on time.
> 
> Debbie & Leone
> 
> On 11/20/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do most schools make you wait a year to claim ownership? Gdd
>> does.  They said I will have ownership on October 7th, 2013.
>> 
>> Sarah and Wizard
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:31:59 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] retirement
>> 
>> Hannah,
>> 
>> i am sorry you won't get to keep her.  That really stinks.  If my
>> memory is serving me correctly, Princess is a poodle, right?
>> There are other schools who use poodles, where you can get
>> ownership.  Not that I am plugging for my school, but its
>> something to think about.  I have also had a pup, and had to send
>> her back to the school because of that ownership thing.  I won't
>> go back to a school that doesn't give ownership every again.
>> 
>> When is your semester over? Nor did I realize that you were
>> living in dorms.  I am sorry.  atleast for me, I commute to my
>> university so I can escape that life.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha drenth
>> Sent with my IPhone
>> http://adventureswith2feet4paws.blogspot.com
>> 
>> On Nov 20, 2012, at 11:52 AM, "Hannah Chadwick"
>> <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you marsha and all.  Yes, university life is very
>> difficult for dogs
>> and it does take a lot.  Guess Princess doesn't have it either.
>> She is only 3 acording to Pilot, and they seem to want her back.
>> I haven't
>> really been able to connect with them because they are not
>> calling me back.
>> I can't have a pet in the dorms and I can't really afford to
>> keep one
>> either, but I do have very close friends who would love to have
>> Princess.
>> I'm going to do my best to try to keep her, but since I don't
>> have ownership
>> of her and she is only 3, I think that she'll get some more
>> training with
>> Pilot and go work with someone else.  Maybe she'll do better in
>> other
>> environments, who knows...
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Marsha Drenth
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:36 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>> Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] retirement
>> 
>> Hannah,
>> 
>> 
>> Awwww I am very very sorry to hear about this.  Its so hard to
>> retire your
>> parnter at any point.  Espically during your semester.  I have
>> been there done
>> that, not sure i want to do that again.
>> 
>> I am learning as a university student myself it takes a very
>> very special
>> pup to be able to put up with university life.  My university
>> also has many
>> of the same challenges as yours.  Squirrels, bikers,
>> skateboarders, thousands
>> of students, cars, trucks, subway, train, birds, and more.  The
>> pup so far is
>> doing great, emma could not.
>> 
>> I wish you luck.  Will you keep Princess as a pet? And will you
>> get another
>> guide? Just curious.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha drenth
>> Sent with my IPhone
>> http://adventureswith2feet4paws.blogspot.com
>> 
>> On Nov 19, 2012, at 11:58 PM, "Hannah Chadwick"
>> <sparklylicious at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> I hope everyone is doing well.  I haven't been posting or
>> keeping up
>> with everything recently because this is my first quarter at UC
>> Davis
>> and things have been pretty crazy.  Now that everything is sort
>> of
>> falling in to place, I wanted to welcome everyone who is new to
>> the
>> list, the people who have returned, and an update about
>> Princess.
>> Unfortunately she has not improved much since I last posted
>> about her
>> work.
>> it has been almost a year, and campus is a pretty busy place.
>> We have
>> a lot of distractions - all the students, over 20,000 bikes, and
>> the
>> millions of squirrels that we pass every day - so Princess is
>> not
>> doing so well.  I thought that perhaps being here for over 3
>> months
>> would help, but it has not, and she continuously walks me in to
>> objects, wants to run after the squirrels or students, and seeks
>> attention from everyone who says something along the lines of,
>> "awww! Cute
>> doggie!".
>> With all this in mind, I have decided that I will retire her
>> because
>> of all the stress for her and for me.
>> I know that it will be a great loss since we've bonded, but I've
>> also
>> had a lot of time to get used to this idea.  I don't know when I
>> will
>> retire her because Pilot has not been very good about returning
>> my
>> calls, but I do know that it will happen very soon.
>> I'm sure many of you have gone through this before, and I just
>> hope
>> that I won't be too depressed over it.
>> Once again I hope everyone is doing well with your guides, and
>> happy
>> Thanksgiving! :) All the best, Hannah
>> 
>> 
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