[nagdu] Brandy, 13?
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Fri Apr 4 15:31:00 UTC 2014
Also, aren't many puppy carers teens or pre-teens? I have raised a puppy for someone else and had a working partner, and many of the responsibilities are the same. So if these teens can raise a pup then a blind teen with the same maturity level should be able to get a working partner.
Mira is a really interesting programme. I wish I lived closer, I'd love a tour.
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> On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Raven Tolliver <ravend729 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, every kid is not ready to handle a guide dog, just like every
> adult is not ready to handle one. It is a school's call to judge
> whether a child can handle a dog, and there are certainly children who
> are quite capable of it. A couple of my coworkers have been
> participating in training dogs for sports since they were adolescents.
> It is possible, and it is no more a good idea than it is to give
> adults guide dogs. I have certainly seen and read about people who
> should not be walking around with guide dogs, but there they are. If
> crappy adult handlers can have guide dogs, what is the big deal with
> an adolescent receiving one?
> It is hard when you first get a dog no matter how old you are. It is
> frustrating to learn a new partner's signals, and to trust an
> unfamiliar dog. There is no getting around that.
>
>> On 4/4/14, Nicole Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>> I know someone who got his first guide dog when he was eleven. I think that
>> it was from a Canadian school.
>>
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>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 4:44 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brandy.
>> You got your first guide dog at 13? I'd be real interested to hear about
>> that. I'm curious what circumstances persuaded a school to waive the usual
>> age requirement. If it's none of my business, feel free to ignore my
>> curiosity.
>> I've met a person who got his first guide when he was 14 or so. I think he
>> said that he had to negotiate a lot of busy streets, so a dog was real
>> helpful, and he must have been a mature kid.
>> Tracy
>>
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