[nagdu] An Indian with a million Questions

[Passle Helminski]

>> Hello Poonam,

>> 
>> Pilot Dogs, in Ohio, will do international training.  You have to pay your way to USA port of entry and they will pay your travel from the port of entry to the school.  You will have free room and board and a free guide dog.  Contact me of list at passle at roadrunner.com for more information.  Ray Byers is the director of training and I can give you his  email if you want.  
>> Passle

On Jul 29, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Poonam via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
> I just joined this mailing list in order to know a bit more about guide dogs. I am not sure if we are supposed to limit our queries to one question, but if yes, the moderator will probably take care of it.
> 
> So here are my questions:
> 1. There is just one guide dog school in India called the ‘Drushti Guide Dog School. It was founded in 2005, but there is absolutely no information about it online apart from that. I was hoping someone has visited or has some information about it?
> 2. Anyone been to India with their guide dog? Do describe your experience. I have read one popularized article, but that's all.
> 3. One problem I am having, apart from others in my country, is that there are packs of stray dogs running about. When I was a sighted person, I did own a dog and these packs of dogs would attack him whenever we went for a walk. I used to throw or rather pretend to throw pebbles at them before they ran away before. Keeping this in mind, how do I deal with them? Has anyone had such an experience?
> 4. Is it possible to get a dog transported from another country to mine? If yes, how much would I need to pay, if anything and how would I go about training for myself?
> 5. How difficult is it to train your own guide dog? I know it is not strictly reccomended, but i'd like to give it a try and want to know if any of you have tried.
> 
> I have a few more questions, but will resist for now.
> 
> Thanks, everyone.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Poonam
> 
> 
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