[nfb-db] Guide Dog Expenses

[Shadow Wolf]

In response to the unknown poster below:

Not all DBs have the capability to train their own dogs. This is 
especially true for first timers. DBs who have never worked with a guide 
dog before. It's not a good idea to train your own dog to become your 
own personal service animal. It takes resources, effort, time and years 
to train a dog. What commands work and what doesn't work. What breeds 
are best and how to care for etc. Guide Dog training schools offer more 
than how to use a guide dog.  You may like "total control". But 
sometimes it's not always a good idea to do things on your own.

--S.W.
On 3/27/2014 10:23 AM, The Pawpower Pack wrote:
> it depends on which program you choose— not all will work with DB people, some with work with DB who have HA or CI but not ASL users.
> Also, keep in mind, the more the program pays for medical costs, the less say the owner has in the choices— or at least that has been my experience. And if that doesn't bother you, that's great.
> I train my own dog, so I pay for everything. But I also have absolute control over everything! Which I like, because lets face it, I'm all about the control, lol
>
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>> On Mar 27, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Catherine Miller <guillcat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Janice:I'm surprised to hear about the costs you bear to keep Destiny healthy.  I had to choose between letting my cat go away and paying for expensive medical procedures.  But when I was accepted for training with a guide dog at the facility in San Raphael, California, the representative gave me lots of information about the very generous stipend that the facility awards to dog users throughout the career of the dog.  I just figured all the guide dog facilities did this.  I did not want the responsibility of having a dog in the end, and that was a long time ago, but I wonder if tthat might make a difference for you when you're ready to consider.
>>
>> Cathy Miller
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