[NAGDU] doggy repo

[Sharon S]

Hi, my last dog was given to me at the age of five. His previous handler
died so he got handed back to the school. When I had to stop using my
previous dog at the age of five because she had an anxiety issue she was
sold to a new owner. I was able to find the new owner myself so she went to
a family friend. At the time I was told that the school sold their dogs at
no more then $1000 depending on why they weren't suitable for guiding work.
I found out that my friend only had to pay $400 for my girl. I like the fact
that I was able to find my own person to take her on because this means I
get to see the dog from time to time. When the school rang to tell me that I
would have to stop working my dog because of her issues if I wanted to keep
her myself I wouldn't be able to get another dog and they wanted to take it
back to the school and rehome her. I wasn't happy with the thought of them
rehoming her because the school is in another state and there was no
guarantees that I would be able to keep in touch with the new owners. I
asked the trainer if I could find my own place and they were happy with that
as long as they agreed with my choice. I put it up on my Facebook that she
would be needing a new home and within minutes I had my first response.

Well better go and see what my boys are barking at. I'm on my own today so
they appear to want to bark at anything that moves. Once one barks the other
joins in even if he doesn't know what he is barking at which then causes the
first one to bark more. Where the family dog has taken herself off to bed
and will only come down to go out to toilet, for dinner or if the doorbell
rings.

Bye for now.
>From Shaz.
Canberra, Australia.

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Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2021 2:09 AM
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Subject: [NAGDU] doggy repo

This brings up a few rather interesting questions.  What in the world does a
school do with a five or six year old dog that they have taken from a
handler?  Apparently if the dog is under three there is demand and maybe
money from fire departments and similar organizations.  The one dog that I
had to send back the school very much insisted that he come back prior to
three years old and he went into the bomb sniffing business.

As for gdf please understand I have never contacted the school and have zero
first hand knowledge about their program.  When attending another program a
class member was a former gdf graduate.  For the entire time I was there he
kept saying that veterans get the good dogs and blind people get the left
overs.  The only thing that gets me curious is that I am sure that VA pays a
school for whatever dogs they are taking ownership of.  Has anyone else felt
this to be the case or was this gentlemen just handing out bad information.

Richard 

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