[nagdu] Introducing my team.

[Wayne And Harley]

We rescued Harley as a three month old puppy.I've Owner Trained two puppies and a yearling.  I preferred training the puppies.  That way I know exactly what the pup has been exposed to and how/what the puppy was taught. That, however,  is just a personal preferrence.I am seriously considering purchasing Harley's successor from a breeder.
Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,

Wayne M. Scace 

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From: Raven Tolliver via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Date: 11/12/2015  10:46  (GMT-06:00) 
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Cc: Raven Tolliver <ravend729 at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Introducing my team. 

Hey Wayne,
I'm Raven, a Michigander working my first guide a 5-yo male golden from GEB.

Power to you for owner training. As someone who is passionate about
dog training, I've considered training my next guide dog for various
reasons, but have decided I like getting an adult dog that's out of
the box ready to use. I think the max amount of time I can stand an
immature dog is about 20 minutes. Really, I don't like dealing with a
baby anything for too long at all.

Hope you enjoy the list. We have lots of exciting and
thought-provoking discussions.

Where did you get your current guide from, just out of curiosity? Was
it from a rescue? Donated by a friend?
-- 
Raven
Founder of 1AM Editing & Research
www.1am-editing.com

You are valuable because of your potential, not because of what you
have or what you do.

Naturally-reared guide dogs
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>>> On Nov 12, 2015, at 8:16 AM, Wayne And Harley via nagdu
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> Hello, I am a new list member so I thought it behooved  ( bepawed?
>>> *grin*
>>> ) me to introduce myself.My name is Wayne Scace. I grew up on my
>>> family's
>>> dairy farm herding our cows with a collie and a succession of Blue
>>> Heelers. I have been a Guide Dog Owner for fifteen years and an Owner
>>> Trainer for five of those fifteen. My first three Guides came from a
>>> school.  My cureent Guide Dog Harley, is a five year old, male American
>>> White Shepherd X Labrador cross. He is my first Owner Trained Guide Dog.
>>> I
>>> have also Owner Trained two other pups that turned out to be perfect
>>> matches for two friends of mine. Those two pups are going strong Guiding
>>> my friends. All three have been on "Active Duty" for a bit over four
>>> years
>>> now.Let's get this next bit out in the open right away.....I have
>>> nothing,
>>> but respect for all Guide Dog Schools and have zero axes to grind about
>>> them. That is NOT the reason that I chose to Owner Train. Choosing to
>>> Owner Train is a purely personal decision, akin to choosing whether to
>>> use
>>> a White Cane, or a Guide Dog to get around. Each of us must decide
>>> what's
>>> best for us ourselves. I chose to use a Guide Dog and after a decade
>>> working with School Trained Guides I decided to take the opportunity and
>>> Owner Train. I am in no way, shape, or form saying that every Guide Dog
>>> Owner must Owner Train. Just as I do NOT say every blind must uee a
>>> Guide
>>> Dog. It is the choice of each individual, and I respect those choices,
>>> as
>>> I ask you to respect mine. By the way:Owner Training predates Guide Dog
>>> Schools by several millennia as the Guide Dog School concept is less
>>> than
>>> a century old, only dating back to post World War One Germany.Have a
>>> great
>>> week.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,
>>>
>>> Wayne M. Scace
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