[nagdu] Question About retirement

[Tracy Carcione]

My husband and I would not have been able to keep Echo when she retired, if 
we did not have flexible work schedules.  She couldn't have stayed home all 
day alone.
Tracy

----- 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>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Question About retirement


> Sara,
>
> Or people may be getting a second guide, some dogs are okay with this, 
> some are not okay with a new guide. Some people can't afford to take care 
> of two dogs. Some people, like myself, are not a two dog family. The 
> retired dogs, deserve to live in the lap of luxury, they deserve to be 
> pampered, they deserve to have fun, to be a normal dog, with normal dog 
> behaviors.
>
> There are lots of things that go into why a handler gives a guide to 
> another family.
>
> Marsha drenth
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> On Feb 22, 2013, at 8:11 PM, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why would people give up their dogs after they have had them for so long? 
>> Why not just keep them after retirement?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jessica Diaz <jldiaz421 at gmail.com
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org, gdblounge <gdblounge at yahoogroups.com
>> Date sent: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:27:50 -0500
>> Subject: [nagdu] Question About retirement
>>
>> Hello All
>> First if cross posting is not allowed, please forgive me and let me
>> know.  my husband is going to retire his dog n about 6 months or so.
>> the other day at work, i was talking to someone as we left a meeting
>> who randomly said they would love to take Figby after he retires.  I
>> don't know this person to be honest except for limited work
>> experiences.  He seems nice and after he told me a bit about himself
>> and his wife, my hubby and i think it might be a good place.  How have
>> some of you went about picking where your dog goes when it is that
>> time? Do you think it would be wrong for us to maybe ask this man if
>> we could stop by just to see the surroundings? My husband and I really
>> want Figby to go to a good home.
>> jessica Diaz
>>
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