[nagdu] Puppy raiser contact

[melissa R green]

I have been in contact with Pj's puppy raiser since celebration sunday.
through phone calls and e-mails.
they even sent a box for christmas.
we have also exchanged scrap books.
I am glad that I had the choice to have contact with them and that they 
reciprocate the contact.
I think that it also helps the puppy raiser to know where the dog that they 
raised has gone and who the person is that ended up with him or her.
I have heard the horror stories though.
best wishes,
Sincerely,
Melissa R Green
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole 
staircase." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannon Dyer" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Puppy raiser contact


All three of my dogs have come from GDF. I met the people who raised Rachel, 
and some of the people responsible for Caroline's raising. Acelet was raised 
by a college student in Georgia, who did not come to celebration Sunday. 
I've never had really close contact with any raiser. Like Tracy, I've 
written the occasional email, but that's pretty much the extent of it. I 
don't have strong feelings about it one way or the other.

Shannon and the Acelet
On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Doug Parisian <eggmann at mymts.net> wrote:

> 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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