[NAGDU] Questions about American Guide Dog Programs

[Danielle Sykora]

The US programs that give ownership upon graduation are Seeing Eye, GDF, and Freedom for sure, and I believe Pilot and GDA as well. Other programs either give ownership after a period of time, or say they give ownership but still have the ability to remove the dog in some situations.

In terms of positive training methods, basically everyone is going to tell you the program they went to used positive methods because obviously you can't train a dog without rewarding them for their appropriate behavior. The two programs that come to mind that truly strive to use the most positive methods possible are GDB and GDF. 
Danielle  

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> On May 19, 2019, at 3:02 PM, Leye-Shprintse Öberg via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> בס’ד
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I’m researching guide dog programs for my next guide dog. I wonder which guide dog programs give ownership to the guide dog handler after graduation and which dittos use positive training methods with their dogs? Thank you!
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> לשלום,
> Leye-Shprintse Oeberg
> Sweden
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