[nagdu] I guess I will not be getting a dog

[Julie McGinnity]

I would encourage you to call some other schools and inquire about
their home training programs.  I'm pretty sure Guiding Eyes and GDB do
home training for first-timers.  Not sure about TSE or any of the
others.  But it's worth looking into.  I agree that I honestly
wouldn't want to go to a school that wouldn't tell me why they
rejected me.  If I were you, I would sit down and make phone calls to
each school until I got the response I was looking for.  :)

On 7/15/14, Barb breuer via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I will have to  look around more.
> I live in Minnesota, and I am a part  time worker,  32hours a week.
> I don't get paid or unpaid  time off.  I have to find people to cover my
> shift.
> The school didn't say way I didn't qualify, they just said I don't qualify.
>
>
> As to someone saying I should find a different job, I would like that.
>  Thing is I an 52 and I am  unskilled labor.
>
> I wonder if I didn't say the right things when they asked way I wanted a
> guide dog, or my reference people put down that can care for the dog, and I
> would be responsible as an owner,  but they don't know anything about guide
> dogs.
>
> I feel like I should write a letter of appeal and see what happens, plus
> start looking at a different school.
>
> I was just sad to get the rejection letter when the face to face interview
> went so well, I thought.
>
> Barb
>
> Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
>
> From: Buddy Brannan via nagdu
> To: Star Gazer, NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users
> Sent: July 15, 2014 at 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] I guess I will not be getting a dog
>
> Yeah, and don't forget about Freedom. Except I forget where you are. Still,
> they're expanding as you may have heard at the NAGDU meeting.
>
> On Jul 15, 2014, at 8:42 AM, Star Gazer via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Barb,
>> They should tell you why you don't qualify. If they didn't, or won't, do
>> you
>> really want to go there anyway?
>> There are other schools, try one of them and see who will do in home
>> placement.
>> Also, your job isn't the only one in town. I'd start looking for another
>> one. As others have said, can you not take sick leave or vacation time?
>> You do have options, probably more then you realize.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Barb breuer via
>> nagdu
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 12:47 AM
>> To: Name, Full
>> Subject: [nagdu] I guess I will not be getting a dog
>>
>> I just got the letter from Fidelco guide dog school and they say I don't
>> qualify, they were my only hope to get a dog because they come to me to
>> train with the dog and not me going to the school for three weeks. I can't
>> get that kind of time off of work and keep my job at the same time.
>> I was hoping to get a dog, this was something I had wanted for 40 years.
>> I just don't understand why I don't qualify. I have no big special needs.
>> they say I can appeal, , but is it worth it.
>> Barb
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Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
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