[nagdu] Brandy, 13?

[The Pawpower Pack]

I was thinking of her, Darla.  I know she raised sweet Nectar girl! She was such a beautiful and sweet pup! 

 Rox and the kitchen Bitches: 
Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
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> On Apr 4, 2014, at 1:52 PM, "Darla Rogers" <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Rox'e
> 
>    You know Sarah, don't you?  She raised one of my guides--she
> actually raised three or four--and she received her first guide at
> seventeen; the school had some living situation concerns, so I wrote a
> letter on Sarah's behalf, and they changed their minds.
>    Her match was as food a match as I have ever known about, but he had
> to be retired early and sent over the Rainbow Bridge due to cancer.
> Darla & Huck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of The Pawpower Pack
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 10:31 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Brandy, 13?
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Rox and the kitchen Bitches: 
> Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
> Pawpower4me at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> 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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>> --
>> Raven
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