[NAGDU] Changes in the Pilot Dogs Training Program?

[S L Johnson]

Heather:

I do not know how or why Pilot Dogs got their bad reputation.  I can say 
that I am currently working a dog from Pilot and she is an excellent guide. 
I have additional disabilities other than blindness.  When other schools 
declined my application do to my physical limitations Pilot Dogs called me 
to class two weeks after receiving my medical report.  The Pilot Dogs staff 
listened to my needs and found the perfect dog for me.  They even honored my 
request for a female golden.  As others have said, all the schools go 
through good and bad times and they do change over time.  Pilot grants 
complete ownership upon graduation.

Sandra and Eva

-----Original Message----- 
From: Heather Bird via NAGDU
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 12:47 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Heather Bird
Subject: [NAGDU] Changes in the Pilot Dogs Training Program?

     If, and only if, you are comfortable with it. Could you please
share your information on-list? If you think that positive changes have
been made at Pilot, it would be great to know what they are. I have no
personal experience with Pilot dogs, but I am a total guide dog geek and
I always like to know how schools are growing and changing. Among many
people there is a perception, true? false? could be either, that Pilot
is not one of the better schools. However, I am always reminding people
that schools change over time, they can get better, they can get worse,
they can experience improvement in some areas and decline in others
simultaneously. So, if you have positive information regarding the
growth of Pilot as a school, I would enthusiastically receive it, in
order to remain open-minded and to be as well informed as I can be.


Thank you,



On 5/19/2017 7:20 PM, Wayne & Harley via NAGDU wrote:
> Hello Bibi,
> I cannot find an email address to send an off list message to.
> send me an email at: k9dad at k9di.org
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> On 5/18/2017 9:06 PM, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire via NAGDU 
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>> Hi, Wayne,
>> If you could send me a message off list, please, would like to reconnect 
>> again.
>> Thought I had your address in my address book, but, currently not.
>> Hope you and Harley are doing well.
>> Bibi and retired/former
>> MAR/guide dog son Odie
>> almost fourteen years old
>> enjoying his home with Al and Lisa Travers
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