From: Pete Donahue 
Subject: Re: nfb leadership and Seeing Eye matters
    Nfbresolution 8630 called upon all Guide dog traing schools to
consider thiring quallified blind persons to train guide dogs and to
train teams of guide dogs and to instruct blind persons and otherwise
train them in the use of such dogs.  This message is from the author of
that resolution.  
take care and have a happy Thanksgiving.  Don't eat too much turkey.
Yours truly,
Peter Donahu
On 26
Nov 1996, David Andrews wrote:
> 
> 
> First, I must say that I don't use a guide dog, so am not an
> expert.  However, I have met at least two people who have trained
> their own dogs.  Third, I have taught cane travel, so know a
> blind person can do it.   And fourth, while a blind person could
> not train a guide dog/human team in the same way that a sighted
> person would, He/she could still probably do it.
> 
> I am not aware of any official position on the part of the NFB
> towards a blind person doing this, and would be surprised at
> such.  There may well be individuals that take this position, but
> that is their choice.
>  
> David Andrews
> 
> ... Sorry, the dog ate my Blue Wave packet.
> 
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