[NAGDU] Guide dog from the US

Debby Phillips semisweetdebby at gmail.com
Sun Jan 3 01:14:10 UTC 2016 

Danielle, I'm not a moderator, but I have to say your message 
didn't seem very much on topic, or very appropriate.  It had 
nothing to do with dog guide schools, and besides that we have 
members of this list from other countries.  You have a right to 
your opinion, but in MY opinion that comment wasn't appropriate 
for this list.    Debby

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Danielle Ledet via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 17:19:51 -0600
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Guide dog from the US

Well I'll go you one public and just tell you I don't prefer 
dealing
with International People.  I don't trust them! And especially 
business
dealings,.  I probably wouldn't marry someone from another 
country
because I feel like they all have contacts with folks from their 
own
country and you could suddenly find yourself in a world of 
trouble and
not know why all because of a simple misunderstanding or 
disagreement.
Now at Guide dog school I have met some Canadians who were 
wonderful
and delightful and we met some great Brits at Disney World too.  
Casual
passing cov is as far I I will go.  Oh yeah and at church we had 
some
African members and pastor who were great hearts as well.  
Generally,
though I keep my distance and I DO NOT like getting a foreign rep 
over
the phone because it seems the language and cultural barriers are
magnified! Not bashing or being critical but those are my 
personal
feelings and I stick with them.
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On 1/2/16, Dan Weiner via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
 Steve, write me privately and tell me about students from the 
different
 countries, I was at leader twice with foreign students and I 
enjoyed them
 immensely, unless of course it's all right to put it on list.
 My email:

 dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net

 Unfortunately I have been led to understand that now LD is not 
taking
 people
 from  just any country as it used to be I think only countries 
where they
 have some agreement with whatever organization there  but that's 
not of
 course an official word, just my impression.
 I used to love reading  over  the student statistics of where 
Leader had
 placed dogs,,, I was actually thinking of doing a thesis about
 international
 people with guide dogs, but it didn't pan out.

 What schools have I head about with international  guide dog
 students...Leader Dogs, Pilot Dogs...Guide Dog Foundation, 
Guiding Eyes for
 the Blind, and Guide Dogs of the Desert.  Some others used to 
take
 international students but no longer do, but, policies seem to 
change so if
 you were really interested in attending an American school you 
would want
 to
 contact them.  That is easy nowadays due to the miracle of 
internet,
 something I thank  my lucky stars for every day.

 Lisa, I know one German lady who went to LD, but I don't want to 
say her
 name on the list because I only talked to her once and I don't 
know what
 she
 would think of that, if you want I can find contact for her and 
see if I
 can
 have her talk to you or something--smile.

 Take care all and happy new year


 -----Original Message-----
 From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Steven Johnson
 via NAGDU
 Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 2:15 PM
 To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users'
 Cc: Steven Johnson
 Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Guide dog from the US

 As stated, Leader Dog works with many countries outside of the 
U.S
 including
 Mexico, many South American Countries, South East Asian 
Countries, and
 Western European Countries.  I have had the privilege to be in 
classes with
 students from many of the countries which is an amazing 
experience in
 itself.

 Steve & Bennett

 -----Original Message-----
 From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Passle Helminski
 via NAGDU
 Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 1:02 PM
 To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users
 Cc: Passle Helminski
 Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Guide dog from the US

 Hi Lisa,

 Pilot Dogs takes international students too.

 Passle

 On Jan 2, 2016, at 1:21 PM, Lisa via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 Is it possible for a person who does not live in America to get 
a
 guide
 dog from a US guide dog school?
 I've heard things like that several times in passing, e.g.  
someone was
 recommended to apply for a dog in the US because the waiting 
list in his
 own
 country was long.  But I don't know if these are just rumors or 
if these
 cases exist.
 Does anyone on here know something about this?

 And just to clarify this in advance: I'm still with my German 
guide
 dog
 and do not intend on trading him for another one very soon.  ;-)

 Thanks.
 Lisa

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