[NAGDU] guide dog school application requirement question

[Ann Edie]

Hi, Cole,

In your hypothetical case of a move within the same neighborhood in March
when a lease is up, The guide dog school would most likely schedule you for
a class after that move. Since it is only two months away, it would be
highly unlikely that you would be able to complete the application process,
and that they would have an appropriate dog ready to be placed with you, and
have a place open in a class before March in any case. They just want you,
especially as a first-time guide dog handler, and the brand new young dog to
have a relatively calm bonding period of a few months where you can build
your confidence in each other, before you go out on great new adventures
together as a new team. The schools do understand if circumstances change
unexpectedly or if opportunities arise that are too good to pass up. If you
are the type of person who welcomes and thrives on accepting new challenges
and opportunities, especially those that involve travel and moves of house,
then you need to be sure to tell the guide dog program that you need a
confident and flexible guide that will see you as its leader and emotional
"home base".

Anyway, that's my reasoning from my experience with The Seeing Eye and other
programs. 

Best of Success!

Ann

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Subject: [NAGDU] guide dog school application requirement question

What We Expect of Students

Applicants to The Seeing Eye should: Be in a settled, stable home
environment with no move imminent

What do they mean by this; is there loop holes? College students get guide
dogs and their living situation isn't stable going from home to dorm life
and back again several times per year. Sometimes a job is unexpected or last
second.

 

What if you want to move because your apartment is dirty and you feel
unsafe, and it isn't a expected or planned move but your lease is up at the
end of March and you would like to find a new apartment in the same town and
same part of town, but a building that is more secure and clean; you would
be able to use your same routes of travel you used with the first one? Are
you playing with fait and is there a good chance you will be rejected?

Thank you.

Cole Roberts

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