[NAGDU] GDB

[Tracy Carcione]

I heard something yesterday that quite upset me, but perhaps it's the guide
dog gossip mill running amok again.

I heard that GDB dismissed its last class 2 days before they would have
graduated, sent everyone home without their dogs, and told them not to
expect to get those same dogs if they came back.

To me, they'd practically finished their training.  They'd already gotten
attached to their dogs, and put in a lot of work, only to have their dogs
summarily removed and their work thrown out.  I don't understand why they
just couldn't go home a couple days early.  Was it one of those super-short
classes, or what?

 

Like California, Jersey where I live is in lock-down, but we are still free
to go out for walks, so long as we stay away from other people.  Not ideal,
but enough to get some guide-work in.

 

So, did this happen?  Was there an actual good reason, or was it GDB being
high-handed with its students, again?

Tracy