[NAGDU] GDB

[Cindy Ray]

Ruth, do you mean The Seeing Eye sent their students home with their dogs early in response to the Corona virus? If so, we have conflicting stories.
 
Cindy Lou Ray
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> On Mar 22, 2020, at 9:13 PM, sunshine via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Seeing Eye also send their students home early with their dogs as well.
> 
> Sunshine
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>> On Mar 22, 2020, at 10:20 AM, Susan Jones via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> I know that Guiding Eyes sent their students home a week early, with their
>> dogs.
>> Susan
>> Sblanjones11 at sbcglobal.net
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
>> NAGDU
>> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 9:47 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Cc: cindyray at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] GDB
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>> Hello, all,
>> It would be good if someone close to GDB, or someone who works there, can
>> give us the scoop onwhether or not class was dismissed early and not allowed
>> to take their dogs home. If it happened that way, this seems unreasonable to
>> me. Cindy Lou Ray
>> cindyray at gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
>> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:42 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: [NAGDU] GDB
>> 
>> 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
>> 
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