[NAGDU] schools giving Shepherds to first time handlers..

[Leye-Shprintse Teller]

BS’D

Madison,

You don’t need to exclude guide dog programs if they’ve a line of German Shepherd Dogs as guide dogs. As a guide dog user-to-be you can tell them which breeds you want to work with as your future guide dog. I’ve friends who got German Shepherd Dogs as their first guide dogs because they wished it, I was told when I applied for my first guide dog that I could be matched with a German Shepherd Dog if I wished it but I told them that I’m a Retriever lady, so, I got a Labrador Retriever from a field line. It’s really good that you’re honest with yourself which kind of dog you want in your life and tell the guide dog programs that, I understand that it’s hard but you can think of the qualities which you appreciate in dogs around you. As an example, I wished for a small Labrador girl who was quirky, humorous, and energetic and that was what I got and my wishes are the same today.

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> On May 15, 2023, at 4:05 PM, Madison Martin via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I was telling my O&M instructor the other day about meeting a lady with a German
> Shepherd guide dog and I told him that I don't think I'd want a Shepherd as I
> don't want people to be afraid of my guide (I know they aren't aggressive but
> still not everyone would know that and I don't want people to be scared of my
> guide which is also why I don't want a Doberman) and also I know that sometimes
> they need a firmer hand then a Retriever though I know every dog's personality
> is different but I don't think I have the ability to handle one successfully. He
> said that schools don't give Shepherds to first time handlers; so I'm just
> curious with the exception of Fedelco since they only train Shepherds is this
> generally true or is it a case-by-case thing? Just curious as if it's generally
> true then I wouldn't have to exclude schools simply because they train Shepherds
> but if it's a case-by-case thing then I may have to exclude schools that do
> train them so that if I were to get excepted I wouldn't be worrying about
> whether or not I'd be matched with a Shepherd as I know for a fact that I'd
> worry about it (I know that I could tell them that I don't want a Shepherd but I
> know that the pickier you are about what you do/don't want in a dog the longer
> it'll take/the harder it'll be to find a suitable match). I'm not currently
> applying to anywhere; I'm simply asking out of shere curiosity. Look forward to
> reading peoples' thoughts/hearing about their experiences!!!! Thanks
> Madison 
> 
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