[nagdu] Ownership; what about other countries?

[Tracy Lloyd]

Hi, the government don't provide our dogs.  The guide dogs for the blind 
association is a charity, which receives no government funding at all..

regards,

tracy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Star Gazer
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 8:16 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership; what about other countries?

Very interesting Vivianna.
I was in England on a youth exchange many years ago. I did meet some folks
with guide dogs, though I didn't know enough about guide dogs to know if
they were well behaved.
I did get the impression that these folks, as well as everybody else felt
that the government had done this really wonderful thing by providing them
with dogs.
I'd love to talk more with you about this as one of the critisisms of u.s.
schools is that they do not train off leash recall like the European
schools.
If ou'd like, write me off list.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vivianna
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2014 12:05 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Ownership; what about other countries?

all this talk of ownership and the policies of different schools has me
wondering about other countries.
i know that, in the UK not only do they give you the dog, all its food for
life, all the vet bills for life, board if you go out of town, and who knows
what else but, they tell you when to retire the dog and come and take it
from you when they say it's time to retire the dog.
i know many many folks there have guide dogs simply because it's a free
deal.  the ones that i have seen were extremely misbehaved in my opinion.
jumping on people, barking, running around at the end of the leash.
i will venture to say that blind folks here in the states, and even in
canada are leaps and bounds ahead of most of the world in the independence
department.
sure, it's nifty to have everything pertaining to the dog and it's care
given to you for free but, i'd rather pay for everything on my own and make
my own decisions on how to feed my dog, what vet to take her to, etc.
i know, i know, yet another contraversial topic.  smiley.

Vivianna


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