[nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued

Thu Feb 14 16:11:43 UTC 2013

Jenine,

Thanks for the clarification. Is America's VetDogs affiliated with GDF? 
Or is this a joint effort between two separate programs?

Either way, it is great to see that an individual can get a dog with 
both types of training without having to go the do-it-yourself route for 
one or both. /smile/

Tami

On 02/14/2013 06:40 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote:
> Actually, though Ms. Giffords is not totally blind, her vision was severely
> affected by the shooting and her dog does do some guiding tasks along with
> balance and other tasks.
>
> He is a combination of our two types of training, what both programs, Guide
> Dog Foundation and America's VetDogs have strived to do since their
> beginning, serve people who need trained dogs to further their independence.
>
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that Congresswoman
> Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
>
> Well since Congresswoman Giffords is not blind, but disabled it will be a
> service dog, it may have also been at the time that her husband did reach
> out, which he did, because he may have connections through NASA since he is
> an Astronaut, to go to GDF and ask questions.
> She may not have been 100 percent mentally when they first reached out to
> the school, she did receive a gun shot to the head.
>
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>> From: REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:50:26 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that
> Congresswoman	Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
>>
>> The line about her caretakers struck me. Sounds like this dog will be more
> of a service dog then a guide dog.
>> Also sounds like her husband reached out to GDF, not her which is
> interesting.
>> I did like the press release, it provided good information and also
> mentioned that sometimes it isn't appropriate for a dog to always be with
> its person. That was good to see that.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:39 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that
>> Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
>>
>> I think this is interesting about Gabby Giffords. I had heard on a
> newscast on the day she spoke to Congress that she is blind. Of course a
> service dog for her would be far more than a guide at this point. I think
> this was a wonderful piece, and it points up just how well she is doing.
> That is just so amazing to me.
>>
>> CL
>>
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