[NAGDU] student eligibility

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Hi Josh.  
Yes, homemakers can get guide dogs.  A person just has to be active enough to give the animal a satisfactory amount of work, and that can differ from one dog to another.  The dogs I had when I was working full-time wouldn't have been happy with my quieter retired life, but the dog I have now seems quite content.  
Even not working, I take walks, run errands, visit friends, go to meetings occasionally, attend community events, and sometimes take trips.  Some days are quiet, and some days are busy.  
I know homemakers whose dogs probably get more work than those of people who are working, especially if the working person is being driven door to door.
Tracy

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Do people who are homemakers qualify to get guide dogs or guide horses?
Because that is what I am, a homemaker. I live in a rural town, the nearest city is about an hour drive away and I have a farely large yard in back of my house that is partially fenced in.


On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 1:54 PM Vanessa Lowery via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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> I can only speak for The Seeing Eye, but they do want to know whether 
> you are working, in college, or homemaker, or retired, etc. It depends 
> on the individual whether working or not as to when they could be 
> called into class. A number of the people who were in my last couple 
> of classes were able to do work while at The Seeing Eye with their 
> laptops. In fact, there were a couple of attorneys in my 2023 class 
> who did work Using their laptops during some downtime. So it is not 
> unusual for some people who already work remotely to bring some of 
> their work with them. Same thing for students who are in class. It's a 
> little bit less likely that a student would be in class at any other 
> time other than the summertime, but there are exceptions. And my 2023 
> class, there were two high school students. I am assuming that they 
> did classwork online.  Both were seniors in high school.
>
>
> Vanessa and the zoo
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> > On Mar 13, 2024, at 1:46 PM, Julie A. Orozco via NAGDU 
> > <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I thought they asked those questions to get a sense of when the
> applicant
> > might be available for class. Someone who works or is in school will 
> > be
> less
> > available than someone who isn't working.
> >
> > Is that incorrect?
> >
> > Julie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Richard via 
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> > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 10:38 AM
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> > Subject: [NAGDU] student eligibility
> >
> > Hi;
> >
> > I have noticed that the first question that many schools ask is are 
> > you working.  As the bulk of the blind population ages I would hope 
> > that
> schools
> > would adjust their program to accommodate older students who may not 
> > be working but are still active.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
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