[NAGDU] Questions about American Guide Dog Programs

Leye-Shprintse Öberg leyeshprintse at icloud.com
Sun May 19 21:25:57 UTC 2019


בס’ד

Danielle,

Thank you for your answer. Now, I know where I’ll start my research.

Sandra,

Some American guide dog programs accept international students and some others don’t do it.

לשלום,
Leye-Shprintse Oeberg
Sweden


19 maj 2019 kl. 22:37 skrev Sandra Gayer via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>:
> 
> Hello,
> I thought you have to live in America to apply for a dog from an
> American school. Can an applicant be domiciled in another part of the
> world entirely and still apply to an American school? I only ask
> because I couldn't help noticing Sweden at the end of the first email
> in this thread.
> 
> Very best wishes,
> Sandra.
> 
>> On 5/19/19, Danielle Sykora via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On May 19, 2019, at 3:02 PM, Leye-Shprintse Öberg via NAGDU
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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!
>>> 
>>> לשלום,
>>> Leye-Shprintse Oeberg
>>> Sweden
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