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Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joan Hartman <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, August 23, 1999 2:56 AM
Subject: indep/service dogs
>re the independence dogs....there are several sites...and unfortunately
my
>info is in a box in the garage and I can't get to it tonight...there's
a
>place in Arizona where you can train your own dog...and it's much,
>much cheaper...they send you the
>classes/training by mail...or you can go attend class there
>and you both get completion certificates...what
>I was told by other companies is that it's a cost of $12,000 for them
to
>train a dog
> and some of them give
>grants to the disabled which brings your cost down to $1,000 or
$2,000...I
>was
>also told that the gov't has some disabiliity grants for this purpose
but
>have not been able to check that out yet.....there were too many just
now
>that came up on the net but Canine Commpanions for Independence
>is
>one place I just pulled off the net .....is based in Chicago with
satellite
>offices all over the country.... not sure where you are located...or
what
>this company's guidelines are but there are several out there...the
>easiest way to find them is to use the AskJeves search engine
>www.askjeves.com forming a question about independence or service
>dogs....most of these companies have testimonials from those who have
dogs
>and sometimes will put you in touch with a PWP who has used a
dog.....send
>them an email asking for their information packet to be mailed to you..
>which will cover items of training/costs/etc.
>if I can get to my info in the morning I'll put it on
>the list for you....also Dateline did a segment on them that you can
review
>in the archives.....in the meantime, here 's the info I mentioned
>above...Joan
>Hartman
>
> National Headquarters & Northwest Regional Center
>P.O. Box 446
>Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0446
>(707) 577-1700 v/tdd
>
>Southwest Regional Center
>P.O. Box 4568
>124 Rancho del Oro Drive
>Oceanside, CA 92052
>(760) 754-3300 v
>(760) 754-3308 tdd
> Colorado Satellite Office
>1045P Garden of the Gods Road
>Colorado Springs, CO 80907
>(719) 260-6151
>
>North Central Regional Center
>4989 State Route 37 East
>Delaware, OH 43015-9682
>(740) 548-4447 v/tdd Chicago Satellite Office
>P.O. Box 41
>Woodstock, IL 60098
>(847) 816-7360
> Northeast Regional Center
>P.O. Box 205
>Farmingdale, NY 11735-0205
>(516) 694-6938 v/tdd
>Southeast Regional Center
>P.O. Box 547511
>Orlando, FL 32854-7511
>(407) 834-2555 v/tdd
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 8:11 PM
>Subject: Re: need website #3
>
>
>> Joan U. wrote:
>>
>> > Today she admitted for the first time that maybe...just maybe..she
>> > adamantly she might need some support while walking. She has
resisted
>this
>> > idea : she sees it as her failure to cope with dizzines, imbalance
while
>> > walking, etc.) and has consequently avoided going outside alone for
the
>past
>> > two years. I can look into various aides (ie. canes, walkers,
etc.) but
>has
>> > anyone benefitted from a parkinsons' dog?
>> >
>> Accepting the disease does not mean giving into it. I recommend a
>> roller with large wheels to allow easier push on carpeting. A cane
can
>> be useful too, but some people trip on it.
>> The president of our support group has a Great Dane (Victor), the
only
>> one in captivity especially trained for PD. I 've heard that it may
cost
>> upwards of $2,000 to train and to be trained with a dog, and only one
>> place in the USA, in Chadds Ford, PA.
>> Good luck
>>
>> Michel
>>
