[NAGDU] Guide dogs aroundthe world, current developments

[Gabriel Moloney]

hi there
Yes I know that some of the Larger schools here in the U.S. try to keep control ov er their students, by telling them how to work their dogs etc and not to work in unfamiliar areas etc.  That is understandable to a point, when I returned with my current to my home area the instructor told me for the first two days to get her settled and relaxed, before I returned to work  I arrived back to my home on a friday so Friday evening, and that first Saturday and Sunday I worked her in my local area, come that first Monday we were straight in to work mode and in a different part of the city.  Yes, she was young but settled into her work fast enough, as I was flying a few months back to the U.S. where we settled in now, we are just here in Portland about a month, and no problems, did I inform the school NO we are still learning as we go.  In regards to the UK and Ireland trtrabvel, I worked in the UK and in Ireland and traveled between both countries I never had a problem and was never asked for papers for my guide in the past, and I am going back before the European Pet Passport came into affect.  It was traveling twice a month between both countries.

 thank you for your response to my post here as well finally in regards to posting on facebook etc, i don’t post about my current dog I learned the hard way in the past as well some guide dog owners can be right b…………tc…he’s or bitches and no disrespect to female guid dogs hah
warm wishes
Gabriel

> On 21 Apr 2018, at 18:58, Bianka Brankovic via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello gabriel,
> 
> well, one thing is the same as in the U. S., some schools, especially the bigger ones, sometimes come across as if they could tell the handlers where to go and what to do. I have had discussions about letting my dog guide in unfamiliar areas shortly after the training ended with my instructor. I told him I was aware I had a young dog and I did not expect her to be perfect but for me one advantage of a guide dog was the better orientation in unfamiliar areas and that was that. As for taking a dog from the UK to Ireland, the simplified regulations for travelling from and to the Uk are fairly new. A few years back, it was more difficult and even earlier the quarantaine laws were still in place. I don’t say the schools know it better all the way but usually you would have to listen to both sides of the story to find out the truth.
> 
> A personal example: I wrote a status about the retirement of my last guide dog on fb, just informing. A few weeks later my guide dog instructor, whoom I had known for years asked me why I had not talked to him and critisized the school on Fb. Apparently, he had spoken to a guide dog handler who had heard about my post from another handler. My statement of facts was somehow missinterpreted. This means I am very careful what I let people know. 
> 
> Just my two cents. .
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Bianka 
> 
> 
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