[NAGDU] Just Curious; is there a comprehensive list available out there somewhere?

[Wayne And Harley]

Lisi, No, Leader Dogs no longer accepts donated dogs, or puppies. Nor do they rescue from shelters any longer.


Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,

Wayne M. Scace 

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From: Lisie Foster via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Date: 6/8/2016  18:25  (GMT-06:00) 
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Cc: Lisie Foster <lisiefoster at yahoo.com> 
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Just Curious;
 	is there a comprehensive list available out there somewhere? 


Leader Dogs, according to a book by Margaret Gibbs and written in 1984, at that time accepted public donations of both puppies and adult dogs after strict screening. I don't know if they still do. I think most likely resulting from this policy, individual dogs trained (and also pictured as either dogs in training or graduate dogs) by Leader Dogs during the early 1980's included not only the majority Labradors, Goldens, and Shepherds, but also at least one Husky-mix and a Belgian Tervuren (pictured jumping from a LD training van in harness). If my friend didn't have my copy of the book, I'd go through it again and make sure I'm not missing any others!

MIRA, a guide dog school in Québec with a newer campus in New York State, has long trained Bernese Mountain Dogs as guide dogs, and now I believe they almost exclusively train Bernese Mountain Dog/Labrador crosses as guides -- they call them "St. Pierre" or "Labranese".


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> On Jun 8, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Caitlyn Furness via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi cheim,
> 
> I don’t know of any official list..
> 
> I have personally successfully worked with: lab, boxer, samoyed, german shepherd, and doberman.
> 
> My current dog, a female Doberman, is from Gallant Hearts.  GH uses Dobermans, goldens, and shepherds.
> 
> I know one school(Freedom guide dogs), who uses american white shepherds, smooth collies, and labs…
> 
> hth a little,
> Caitlyn
> 
>> On Jun 8, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Chaim B. Segal via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Again:
>> 
>> This post may be a tiny bit OT for the Seeing Eye list, but I am staying within the parameter of guide dogs. I know that for the most part, the breeds which Seeing Eye trains are German Shepherds, Labradors, (black and yellow), Golden retrievers, back-crosses like Yahtzee, and in some cases, Boxers. While attending an evaluation at Lion's World Services For The Blind back in the summer of 1993, one of the counselors there was a Leader Dog user whose dog was a Doberman. I understand that Pilot, and possibly some other schools are training poodles. I won't swear to it, but I think I heard somewhere that there has been a Rotweiller (unsure of spelling) out there in use as a guide with somebody in the past. 
>> 
>> I am wondering if anybody out there has ever compiled a comprehensive list of all breeds, and even mixed breeds of dogs, which have been successfully trained and used as guides? I'm not talking about use  for other disabled-related services. If there is not such a list out there, is there a site where I can find out such information?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Chaim 
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