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Helpforgive me for being dense ...
in reply to a message by Vulcan-rebel
But aren't service dogs trained by organizations devoted to that kind of thing? Like a guide dog is sent to live with a 4H kid and his family for a year to learn how to get along with people and then it comes back to the facility to be trained?
What I'm saying is, won't a service dog already be named when you get him?
Or is it a different type of service dog.
Spock?
I think, therefore I judge.
What I'm saying is, won't a service dog already be named when you get him?
Or is it a different type of service dog.
Spock?
I think, therefore I judge.
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normally yes but legally there is difference between getting a dog from an organization and those that are trained by there owners. as long as they a well behaved, non disruptive and task trained there is no difference.
now the reason I have to go this(much harder) route is because I don't "fit" neatly into a category. I have been blind since birth have so I need a guide dog right? but I also have mobility issues from a stroke I had at sixteen the guide dog schools don't train dogs work with wheelchairs. and the assistance dog school don't train guide dogs they are a completely different philosophy of training. add to that the fact I also need a medical alert dog for syncope, seizure, and hypoglycemia. and no organization that produces any volume of dogs can't touch me because it has to be so custom so I am basically stuck with training my own or not being able to live independently at all.
what is so frustrating is about 3 months ago after nearly 7 years of looking I found an organization that would work me because I only needed to use my powerchair for long distances and didn't need all those other assistance skills (like opening doors, and pulling of socks)and they believed that given time the dog would pick up alerting abilities. the wait? 5 years? fine Abby's still young we got time until Abby was hit by a car last month
So now I'm stuck having to retire my amazing accomplishment at age 5 with only 4 hard years of work and I have to start from scratch or it will still be another five years before I see chance (there is no garentee the "match" an organization pair you up with will work out. so I choose reluctantly to do the owner training again
now the reason I have to go this(much harder) route is because I don't "fit" neatly into a category. I have been blind since birth have so I need a guide dog right? but I also have mobility issues from a stroke I had at sixteen the guide dog schools don't train dogs work with wheelchairs. and the assistance dog school don't train guide dogs they are a completely different philosophy of training. add to that the fact I also need a medical alert dog for syncope, seizure, and hypoglycemia. and no organization that produces any volume of dogs can't touch me because it has to be so custom so I am basically stuck with training my own or not being able to live independently at all.
what is so frustrating is about 3 months ago after nearly 7 years of looking I found an organization that would work me because I only needed to use my powerchair for long distances and didn't need all those other assistance skills (like opening doors, and pulling of socks)and they believed that given time the dog would pick up alerting abilities. the wait? 5 years? fine Abby's still young we got time until Abby was hit by a car last month
So now I'm stuck having to retire my amazing accomplishment at age 5 with only 4 hard years of work and I have to start from scratch or it will still be another five years before I see chance (there is no garentee the "match" an organization pair you up with will work out. so I choose reluctantly to do the owner training again
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I forgot about Firefly! Joss would be a cute name for a boy poodle but I ment star trek not wars
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