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From: Jesse.Tharin@f7.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Jesse Tharin)
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Subject: Re: Leader Dogs
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Date: 20 Nov 90 18:25:37 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Brad...
     A friend of mine named Tom has a Leader dog (named Ed) and Ed is
getting to the point where he just won't wake up one morning, and Tom's
checking out the various schools. He told me that Leader won't accept him
because of his kidney failure, but was in general pretty vague about it.
Could you tell me more about this sort of thing? Is it because of his need 
for a dialysis appointment every two or three days, or because of a short
life expectancy, or because of a high application rate for new students,
or something else? I'm not asking specifics here about any one person, but 
I am very interested in understanding how the decisions TEND to go. I also 
am afraid of asking you a politically dangerous question, and sure hope
you take this as a strictly straightforward one.
        
Jesse

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