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From: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: GUIDE DOGS
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Date: 25 Sep 90 02:46:56 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 DK> had him many years.  they were too quick in having me retire my 
 DK> third dog, i think.  I still think that since Groute left 
 DK> things are starting to change there,

Dan,
    SAY WHAT???
      Excuse me, but when did Seeing Eye take over the job of deciding
when to retire a dog???  I have never met anyone who ever said that
Seeing Eye decided when to retire a dog, and I can assure you that they
quite intentionally avoided making that decision for me when I
questioned them about Strider!

     Sorry if this came out a little strong, but honestly, I don't want
the others reading this thread to think that Seeing Eye decides when a
dog is to be retired, cause that just ain't the case!  Perhaps in the
case of ongoing health problems they might suggest it, but like I said
earlier, the reason Seeing Eye charges a price, ridiculously low as it
is, for their dogs, is they want it firmly established that it is YOUR
dog, and not theirs, and this includes things like making decisions
about retirement!  If their is anything about Seeing Eye philosophy that
I fully support, assuming any of us is able to make statements about any
of the guide dog school's philosophies or policies, it is this!
Personally, I would never get a dog from a school that maintains some
sort of control over the dog after I am home with it, and without a
doubt, Seeing Eye is not guilty of such a thing!

     As far as Seeing Eye changing since Grout left, I find it ironic
that what most people have always complained about Seeing Eye, the fact
they don't change much from year to year, you now propose to be
vice-versa!  Things like expecting the students to where less than
informal clothes for the noon meal, and the use of Mr. and Mrs. instead
of first names for the trainers are examples of things I've heard people
bitch about needing updated, but they still do those things, and they
still have many of the same personel, and they still have basically the
same program they've had all along!
     Nope Dan, there isn't any evidence to me that things have changed
that much since Grout left, and if indeed they have, I will be the first
to speak up and say I was wrong, on this you can count!
                                                Willie
     

... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!

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