[nagdu] On Ownership

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Sat May 3 20:58:20 UTC 2014 

Well, I would not give such a person another dog whether I was a school that gave ownership or not, at least not for a period of time. If I was a breeder selling dogs to people and someone did that to one of my dogs, and then said person came to me wanting another dog, I would not sell him another dog, and blindness wouldn’t have anything to do with it. Anger management classes would not be the only kind of classes I would want him to do. 

Cindy Lou

On May 3, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Marion,
> ]
> 	I don't believe I am, as this information can be used as well as misused.
> 	Let me take, for example, the man who kicked his dog to death and had a felo0ny charge, I believe. Now he can't remain hidden because of the net, but what if he got sober and took anger management classes and psychotherapy; should those reports be enough?
> 	If he has done these things, he is probably beating himself up every day for what he did to his dog in a drunken rage.
> Darla & Happy Huck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marion Gwizdala
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 6:28 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] On Ownership
> 
> 	I would also assert that a criminal background check should not be the only information used to arrive at a decision. The information gleaned should be used in perspective and other mitigating or aggravating information should be considered. I don't know if I am in favor of background checks of any kind. 
> 
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 8:53 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] On Ownership
> 
> I was only suggesting that a criminal background check is not the only check worth doing 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 2, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m kind of confused about criminal checks leading to financial ones. Maybe it is because I didn’t read Rebecca’s message?
>> 
>> Cindy
>> 
>>> On May 2, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Daryl Marie <crazymusician at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> But then how far would those financial checks go?  Even though Jenny is my responsibility, I am married to someone who historically has had credit problems.  Would a guide dog school checking in to my financial background also breach his confidentiality and deny me the chance to train with a dog because of it?  Does that seem fair?
>>> 
>>> Daryl and Jenny (who is a little on edge today)
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
>>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users' 
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Fri, 02 May 2014 13:47:33 -0600 (MDT)
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] On Ownership
>>> 
>>>   Criminal background checks only "get" people who have found heir 
>>> way into the criminal justice system. Many many people commit crimes 
>>> and are not caught. And, an arrest means absolutely nothing.
>>> I wonder if the schools also do finantial background checks as 
>>> finantial stress can make people act in ways they normally wouldn't.
>>> Not to say that a person under finantial stress would or wouldn't 
>>> abuse a dog, just that criminal background checks aren't the only 
>>> background checks in town, and may not give a full picture.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
>>> Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 1:49 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] On Ownership
>>> 
>>> Do any of the programs do criminal background checks?  What about the 
>>> references?  Is a reference letter submitted or are these people 
>>> called and asked questions?
>>> 
>>> I feel that the programs should use whatever means necessary to 
>>> assess the suitability of a particular person to have a dog and then 
>>> let them have the dog.  If there is some concern that the person 
>>> won't properly take care of the dog, then that person shouldn't get one.  Once the person has the dog,
>>> it's too late to prevent abuse or neglect.   Ownership or no ownership isn't
>>> 
>>> going to change the condition of the dog.
>>> 
>>> The only way that ownership can influence how people act toward their 
>>> dog is if it's used as a threat.  If you don't do what we say, then 
>>> we'll repossess your dog.  the thing with this approach is that it 
>>> only works on folks who would have taken proper care of the dog regardless of the ownership policy.
>>> People who do bad things are going to do bad things regardless of the rules.
>>> 
>>> An ownership policy isn't going to prevent abuse, any more than domestic 
>>> abuse laws stop spouses from hitting each other.    People who don't commit 
>>> abuse don't do it because of a law, they are non abusers because they 
>>> feel it's the right way to act.
>>> 
>>> I'd really like to know what the actual reason is for the various 
>>> schools ownership policies.  I've heard obesity, abuse, better follow 
>>> up, being able to place the dog after retirement, better service and 
>>> all other manner of nonsense.  It doesn't make any sense to me.  How 
>>> does the ownership policy affect the school's ability to provide good 
>>> service?  It smells like an excuse to me.
>>> 
>>> It would be interesting to see solid statistics comparing things like 
>>> obesity rates, abuse, time between a follow up request and the 
>>> provision of service and overall success rates between programs that 
>>> retain ownership and those that don't.  My hunch is that there is no 
>>> correlation between ownership and these items.  I think the better 
>>> indicator is the quality of the applicant screening process, and the 
>>> quality of the training at the program
>>> 
>>> Julie
>>> 
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