[nagdu] Brandy, 13?

[Star Gazer]

Excellent points Rox. 
I do wonder though how the school vets teens, both for guide dogs and puppy
raising, i.e. howdo they ensure this is really what the teen wants v. what
mom and dad want?


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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of The Pawpower Pack
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Brandy, 13?

Also, aren't many puppy carers teens or pre-teens?  I have raised a puppy
for someone else and had a working partner, and many of the responsibilities
are the same.  So if these teens can raise a pup then a blind teen with the
same maturity level should be able to get a working partner. 
Mira is a really interesting programme. I wish I lived closer, I'd love a
tour. 

 Rox and the kitchen Bitches: 
Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
Pawpower4me at gmail.com
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> On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Raven Tolliver <ravend729 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No, every kid is not ready to handle a guide dog, just like every 
> adult is not ready to handle one. It is a school's call to judge 
> whether a child can handle a dog, and there are certainly children who 
> are quite capable of it. A couple of my coworkers have been 
> participating in training dogs for sports since they were adolescents.
> It is possible, and it is no more a good idea than it is to give 
> adults guide dogs. I have certainly seen and read about people who 
> should not be walking around with guide dogs, but there they are. If 
> crappy adult handlers can have guide dogs, what is the big deal with 
> an adolescent receiving one?
> It is hard when you first get a dog no matter how old you are. It is 
> frustrating to learn a new partner's signals, and to trust an 
> unfamiliar dog. There is no getting around that.
> 
>> On 4/4/14, Nicole Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>> I know someone who got his first guide dog when he was eleven. I 
>> think that it was from a Canadian school.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 4:44 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Brandy.
>> You got your first guide dog at 13?  I'd be real interested to hear 
>> about that.  I'm curious what circumstances persuaded a school to 
>> waive the usual age requirement.  If it's none of my business, feel 
>> free to ignore my curiosity.
>> I've met a person who got his first guide when he was 14 or so.  I 
>> think he said that he had to negotiate a lot of busy streets, so a 
>> dog was real helpful, and he must have been a mature kid.
>> Tracy
>> 
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