[nagdu] I'm done

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Hey Jenny,
You are entitled to your opinions and if we agree or not, that's our 
problem. People shouldn't be rude and it is hard sometimes with the medium 
of e-mail.

No school is infallible - nobody is.  Even Seeing Eye has changed training 
practices over its 82 or 83 year long history.  I've seen changes even since 
1988 when I first went there.

Don't pay attention to how messeges are sometimes delivered - you have just 
as much right to your opinion, period, end of discussion.  Hey, I didn't 
completely agree with you on the issue of the padded poker used during 
traffic training for the dogs.  And that's OK, we have the right to our take 
on things.  And it was too bad that a dog got hit in the eye during its 
training.  I, too, have had to resort to some unconventional stuff that I 
don't do as a rule.  I did a correction on a dog that was once - and no 
longer used - by trainers at GDF whenn I was there in 1973.  the situation 
warrented this and I don't use it myself.

I had a friend in college who had this saying that busted me up every time 
when she got criticized in a nasty way and she said this to that person. 
She would say, "Parden me for living... (short pause) but the graveyard's 
full!"  She was so funny the way she said that and I loved that retort.

I think we all need to be very careful in how we respond to people on the 
list we may disagree with.  We don't get facial expressions or vocal 
tonation and it is very hard.  Good thing we aren't having some of the 
political discussions I get into in person with my friends and family! LOL! 
Some really good rip roarers!  We do really remain civil but it doesn't 
always look that way to people who don't know us! LOL!  But, we are face to 
face and benefit from more than stark words typed on a screen.  I've gotten 
some posts that seem on the edge of civility but I shrug my shoulders and 
respond or delete - depending on the maturity level of the person.  But, 
hey, most on the lists are good people who sometimes can go over the top in 
their passionate responses to things. (grin!) I think in the past several 
years that I've been on my lists, I only could say that one or two were 
really nasty people and they were made to leave the lists by the moderators.

Have a good day.  Tonight, wwe're going to a BBQ and bonfire at our beach 
with the blind center.  Landon will see his friends.

Oh, my motto is "Question Authority" and "Never follow anyone or anything 
blindly - God gave us a brain to use."  People must earn respect for the 
right to govern us.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 7:18 PM
Subject: [nagdu] I'm done


>I am so sorry I have questioned the oldest and most reputable school in the 
>countries guide dog school
>
> I will no longer voice my opinions, as I have gotten two rude and uncalled 
> for responses to my opinions.
>
> Just because a school, or organization, is the oldest and most reputable, 
> doesn't mean they are GOD Almighty as far as infallibility.
>
> there are a lot of practices that occurred in old and well-known 
> institutions, and even this country, that were wrong and had to be 
> changed.
>
> Anyway, I'm finished voicing my opinions, as obviously no one wants to 
> hear them, and I'm not a graduate of certain schools who know much more 
> than I about dogs.  So I'll keep my mouth shut.
>
> Jenny
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