[nagdu] I was not excepted

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Jenny



I have a dog from Fidelco. Being a New England based school, they understand 
how winters can go from perfectly walkable to imposible in a day and then 
once everything is fixed back to walkable again. They also do in home 
training, and will work in your neighborhood so that you can practice with 
the obstacles you will encounter every day. Perhaps you can apply to them 
and hopefully have better luck.



HTH

Mark



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:04 PM
Subject: [nagdu] I was not excepted


> My application was not excepted for the following reasons, which I found 
> rediculous at best.
>
> they brought a dog with them without telling me about it.  Then expected 
> me to work that dog, who I have never worked with before, in snowy 
> conditions.  they said that I did not put trust in said dog so they wer 
> concerned about that.  Even though I did the Juno walks with her just 
> fine.
>
> also, they wanted me to have twenty minutes of a routes, three or more, 
> that I walk to get things done.  I explained that the sidewalks in 
> Rockford are treturous, and that between walking to the bus stop, getting 
> to the correct gate at the terminal, and then walking from the bus stop to 
> wherever I'm going constitutes that twenty minutes, it's just not a 
> streight non-stop twenty minutes.
>
> That didn't satisfy them.
>
> They also said that I had said that I didn't walk as much in the winter. 
> That didn't mean I don't walk at all.  Most people unless they live in 
> cities that take care of their sidewalks in general, and make sure that 
> things are shoveled properly generally don't walk as much in the winter 
> time.
>
> Anyway, I think it's a bunch of bull, and I have no idea what to do now.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Jenny
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