[NAGDU] guide dog from another country, was Introduction

[Tracy Carcione]

70 programs in Germany, wow.  Can a person choose any one that suits his or her needs, or does the insurance company choose?

If a person from Sweden didn't like the Swedish program, could they go to France?  US schools are funded as charities, and we don't mind if some people from other countries come in. But I guess your French would have to be pretty good, if you wanted training in France.
Tracy

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BS'D

Tracy,

In Europe in general, you need to be registered in the country where the guide dog program is located to receive a guide dog from that program. Different programs in different countries aren't funded in the same way, in Sweden, our guide dogs are funded by tax money, in Germany, they're funded by insurance companies, and in France by charity, so it would be impossible to have the same system like in U.S. In Germany, there are around 70 programs while in Sweden, there is only one.

LeSholom,
Leye-Shprintse Öberg
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> Le 1 juil. 2016 à 17:05, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Bianca.
> It's interesting that you live in Germany, but got your dog in Switzerland.
> I guess I had the impression, from reading about other Europeans with 
> guide dogs, that a person could only get a dog in the country where they live.
> Did you feel the Swiss program offered more for you?  Did you have 
> extra trouble, going outside Germany?  Just curious.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bianka 
> Brankovic via NAGDU
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2016 1:34 PM
> To: Melissa R Green via NAGDU
> Cc: Bianka Brankovic
> Subject: [NAGDU] Introduction
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> I have joined this list about a week ago and I thought I might 
> introduce myself and my guide dog.
> 
> I am Bianka and I live in Germany  with my husband and our two guide dogs.
> My dogs name is Aleska,  she is a yellow lab and she was trained by a  
> guide dog school near Basel, Switzerland.
> 
> I guess I joined this list for mainly nostalgic reasons. Way back when  
> I started thinking about having a guide dog I got a lot of help and 
> interesting ideas from lists like Buddy-L.
> 
> Hope for interesting discussions and maybe I can contribute one thing 
> or another.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Bianka
> 
> 
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