[nagdu] The membership has spoken, and I am disappointed

[Applebutter Hill]

At GDF, which is the only school I can speak for, the handler decides what
is to happen to the dog after retirement. Some keep the dog in their homes,
others give the dog to a friend or relative, or they return the dog to the
family that raised him or her. If none of this works, GDF (at least they
always have in my experience) has a list of volunteer families who have
shown an interest in adopting a retired guide dog. I don't know how you
could do better than that as a policy.

Many years ago (and I won't name the school, because I hope they've changed,
I met a young lady with a new guide dog on a bus. She told me that her last
dog got sick and the school asked her to return it to them for medical care.
They took the dog and euthanized it without asking her opinion or even
telling her about it. She didn't even find out till she called them some
time later after not hearing what was going on. I still haven't recovered
from hearing this horrific tale and I'm sure she hasn't either.
Donna & Hunter
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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio
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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 4:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] The membership has spoken, and I am disappointed

  Here in Mexico (let me know if that's how it is in the States), there's a
Guide Dog school in Mexico City; a friend who went for his dog, when
retired, he was told, the school would decide with whom to place the dog,
thus it seemed weird that he wasn't able to keep the dog upon retiring? How
does it work over there?

El 09/07/2015 03:31 p.m., Buddy Brannan via nagdu escribió:
> So the resolution re: guide dog ownership and the NFB's support of
advocating for the schools to change of ownership just failed to pass. I'm
amazed. I'm disappointed. I'm frankly puzzled. How is it that we believe
policies saying it's OK for guide dog schools to retain ownership, and this
apparently does not connote low expectations for blind people, when such a
position in any other context would never stand?
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> One thing that the folks who spoke in favor failed to mention, though I
guess it wouldn't have helped, was this. Even if schools aren't routinely in
the business of repossessing dogs without due process, the point is that
they shouldn't have the ability to do so. It's great that it's never
happened to most of us. It's fantastic that you feel as though you own your
dog in every way that matters. But some day, the way things are now, this
may not be the case, and we want to protect against that. After all, yes, we
are essentially being given an expensive gift. Let's just for the sake of
argument say that this is the case, though I know that there would be
argument on that point. The point is, if the schools deem a student worthy
of this gift, they should feel confident enough in this decision to give it
without such reservations. If they do not, maybe they need better screening
processes.
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> I'm just flabbergasted.
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