[nagdu] Ownership; what about other countries?

[sheila]

thank you so much for your post. If there is anything that I have 
learned is that two sides always exist and I can tell you that there are 
handlers that don't adhere to standers in this country.
On 5/5/2014 1:37 PM, Tracy Lloyd wrote:
> Sorry, but this person is talking nonsense!
>
> I live in the UK and disagree with everything this person says below.
>
> First of all, yes you can, if you don't have the means to pay, have 
> food paid for by the association if you wish too, it's personal 
> choice, and most owners either pay for their own food, or contribute 
> to it if not.  We also can, if we wish, have vet bills paid for, but 
> many owners don't and pay them themselves.  I pay for all of my dog's 
> food, both for my working dog and my retired one, and so does my 
> husband.  We've chosen to feed a food of our choice, no problem at all 
> with that, we also choose our own vets to take the dogs too.
>
> Next, that is utter nonsense regarding us being told when to retire 
> our dogs, and total and utter crap that they are taken away on 
> retirement!  We are not told when to retire our dogs, it's a joint 
> decision between owner and a GDMI on aftercare.  If a dog retires and 
> the owner can't keep it for whatever reason, then the asociation will 
> find a home for the dog, thatis the owner's choice, and the owner has 
> input in to the type of family they'd like for their dog.
>
> regarding dogs being badly behaved? god knows what you are on about 
> with that, certainly, like with most programs, there are dogs who are 
> badly handled out there, but it's certainly nothing like you portray 
> in your message below.  My Hubby and I have had 4 fantastic dogs each, 
> since 1986, all of them have had excellent behaviour.  My current dog 
> is a German Shepherd who  is almost 9, her work is faultless and her 
> behaviour is  of the hhighest standard.
>
> I can not believe someone could write such a damning message, see 
> below, which is totally untrue and unjust.  I rarely write, but on 
> this occasion, I felt I must put the record straight!
>
> Regards,
>
> tracy from the UK.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Vivianna
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 5:04 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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