[nagdu] Go Fund Me

[Cindy Ray]

Still the cost of other service dogs is pretty high. I've seen some figures.
I would use a cane even if it does hurt my hand.

Cindy


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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Sykora
via nagdu
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 4:00 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Danielle Sykora
Subject: [nagdu] Go Fund Me

This is an interesting concept. If I had to fundraise for a program trained
dog, I would probably opt to owner train instead. If I was going to expend
that much time and energy trying to convince people to make donations, I'd
rather put that effort toward locating and training a dog myself. I am
confident in my knowledge of dogs and ability to train. Not everyone has
such a desire to train dogs though.
I definitely think less people would be acquiring dogs because not everyone
would be willing/able to find enough donors.

It is true that many handlers of non-guiding service dogs are required to
fundraise. Different types of service dogs require different amounts of
training however. The more complicated the training, the longer it takes and
therefore the more money it costs. Guide dogs have some of the most advanced
training requirements of any service dogs, so they have one of, if not the
highest, cost. Just something worth thinking about...

Danielle, Thai, and Bonnie (GDF puppy in training)

On 7/13/15, Cindy Ray via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I can assure you that if I had to go raise my own money to get a guide 
> dog, I would very soon forget the idea of having one. I would have to 
> do it about every ten years, and it would bother me to do it. With the 
> schools acquiring the donors, I don't have to put myself out there all 
> alone to beg for money.
> I think it is difficult to have to do that, and I feel for those who 
> have to. I wouldn't be willing to do it, but it does make for an 
> interesting topic. Would there be less abuse of animals, or is there 
> really that much in the first place? Schools who give ownership and 
> those who don't get calls about it, and often it is perceived abuse 
> and not real at all. Would there be less If we had to raise our own 
> funds, or would less people do it. How many would feel as I do? There 
> are people who do go to get a dog on the advice of others even though 
> they have never even had a dog. One woman I met had never seen a 
> puppy. Some of them are afraid of dogs or don't like them.
> The dogs eventually win them over, but they surely would not be 
> willing to raise funds even if all of their friends were advising them to
get dogs.
> This would definitely be a means to screen.
>
> Cindy Lou
>
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