[nagdu] Puppy raiser contact

[Doug Parisian]

I have received all my five dog guides from TSI and while not a breaking 
point for me, I would like to have had the choice as to whether or not I 
wanted contact with the various puppy raisers.  Equally, they of course 
should have the same freedom of choice.

I've never been a great letter writer so have not regularly kept in 
contact with TSI, except when two of my guides had working problems 
which I could not resolve.  And, I'm sure you'll will understand when I 
say I was in part they had no resolution either.  We both gave it our 
best try and the fact that I willingly returned to the same school and 
worked with 3 of my five dog guides for between 8 & 10 years speaks for 
itself.

I'm not sure there is really any argument aside from an anal retentive 
attitude against something as basic of individual free choice.  So, come 
get me!
On 24/01/2014 7:30 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
> Thanks Raven.  You've made TSE's puppy raiser contact policy more 
> clear to me.  If I had raised a puppy, I think I would want to know 
> how he was doing, but I'd be less than thrilled to be hit up for 
> financial aid.
> I've had 6 dogs, 5 from GDB, where there is raiser contact, and one 
> from TSE, where there isn't.  I never developed a close relationship 
> with any of my dogs' raisers. We'd exchange Christmas cards, or the 
> occasional email, though most of my GDB dogs went out before email 
> became so ubiquitous.  So, while I would be happy to talk to my TSE 
> dog's raisers, and hear stories about him as a puppy, it's not a big 
> deal to me.  I wrote them a letter, letting them know how he was 
> adjusting to his life, and how much I adore him.  They did not write 
> back, and I'm OK with that.  I think it's rather silly to have to pass 
> all correspondence through the school, but I can see why people might 
> want it that way.
> Tracy
>
>
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