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class=000575416-19092009>Good question Ken. I am in the process of contacting
some attorneys to see what legal steps need to be taken to stop this school from
continuing their illegal practices. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=000575416-19092009>Tina </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> cagdu-bounces@nfbcal.org
[mailto:cagdu-bounces@nfbcal.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ken
Volonte<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:33 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
cagdu@nfbcal.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Cagdu] FW: Article: As Charity Cash
Swells,Blind Await Guide Dogs<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Where is the California Guide dog Board?
After all, they are supposed to guard against illegitimate schools from doing
business in this state. </FONT></DIV>
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Guide Dog Users'</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Cagdu] FW: Article: As Charity
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<P><BR>As charity's cash swells, blind await guide dogs<BR>by Robert Anglen -
Sept. 18, 2009 12:00 AM<BR>The Arizona Republic<BR>A charity that raises and
trains guide dogs for the blind has been <BR>collecting hundreds of thousands
of dollars in donations and investment <BR>income but has not placed a dog in
more than two years.<BR>The California-based Eye Dog Foundation for the Blind,
which has its <BR>training facility in Phoenix, has placed no more than 30
guide dogs since <BR>2000, an average of about three a year.<BR>Some blind
people say the foundation has reneged on promises of providing a <BR>dog on a
timely basis, so they go without a vital companion and link to the <BR>outside
world.<BR>The Eye Dog Foundation is not lacking in resources. In 2007, the
most recent <BR>year for which tax records are available, it reported $7
million in assets <BR>and $716,000 in expenses. It spent more than $156,000 in
salaries and <BR>benefits and $215,000 in legal fees.<BR>The foundation is one
of only two facilities in the country that exclusively <BR>train German
shepherds, considered prized guide dogs but sometimes difficult <BR>to
train.<BR>In the past two years, the foundation has gone through three
professional <BR>dog trainers who walked off the job, and it repeatedly
padlocked its <BR>training facility and kennel, once for more than three
months.<BR>In 2008, volunteers who raise puppies in their homes until they are
old <BR>enough for training began refusing to return dogs to the foundation.
They <BR>cited the training interruptions and alleged the dogs weren't
properly fed <BR>or cared for.<BR>The foundation sued 24 puppy raisers, saying
they had stolen the <BR>foundation's assets (the dogs) and violated their
contracts.<BR>The foundation's president, Gwen Brown, refused to comment. In a
court <BR>hearing, she denied that dogs were neglected and maintained that
past <BR>problems have been resolved. Her lawyer said a new trainer has been
hired <BR>and dogs again are being trained.<BR>"There are well-meaning people
on both sides of the issue," said attorney <BR>Glenn Hotchkiss of Phoenix,
adding that a lack of trust exists among all <BR>parties. "There are a certain
number of puppy raisers who won't believe <BR>anything that comes out of my
mouth or out of Gwen Brown's mouth."<BR>Hotchkiss said there were "problems in
the past," including an internal <BR>dispute that led a California court to
take over operations in 2007. <BR>Hotchkiss said that no longer is an
issue.<BR>"Since last September, things have been going well," he
said.<BR>Meanwhile, some members of the blind community say they are in dire
need of <BR>a guide dog.<BR>"I can't put into words what this has done to me,"
said Janis Limon of Mesa, <BR>who has been waiting for another dog from the
foundation since 2007, when <BR>her previous dog died. "My life has literally
been taken from me. I live <BR>alone. I'm blind. My dog went everywhere I
went. I used to walk 6, 7 miles a <BR>day. Not anymore."<BR>Important
mission<BR>The foundation started as a non-profit in California in 1952 and
for decades <BR>was presided over by a Beverly Hills attorney, Lequita
McKay.<BR>In 1988, after disputes with the state over licensing, the
foundation bought <BR>land and opened a training facility in Phoenix, where no
licenses and <BR>certifications were required.<BR>The foundation's purpose is
to provide German shepherds to the blind free of <BR>charge. The dogs are
raised for the first year in the homes of contracted <BR>puppy
raisers.<BR>More than 7,000 blind people in the United States rely on guide
dogs. While <BR>about 20 schools across the country train guide dogs, two
train only German <BR>shepherds. The rest primarily use Labrador
retrievers.<BR>For nearly two decades, the foundation placed five to 10 dogs a
year with <BR>blind handlers through the Phoenix facility on 15th Avenue near
Baseline <BR>Road.<BR>But placements came to a halt in 2007, after infighting
among six board <BR>members led to a stalemate over who should run the
foundation. One faction <BR>sued the other, and the foundation went into
court-ordered receivership.<BR>Brown was voted in as the foundation's
executive director. Her management <BR>was called into question by some board
members.<BR>McKay's death in 2007 effectively broke a board stalemate, giving
Brown a <BR>majority in the dispute. She moved the headquarters to her home in
<BR>Claremont, Calif.<BR>The court decided it no longer had jurisdiction over
the foundation and <BR>recalled it from receivership.<BR>No dogs placed<BR>The
foundation since has been mired in controversy, culminating in the
<BR>lawsuits against the puppy raisers.<BR>In March, 17 of the 24 puppy
raisers returned the dogs as part of a deal <BR>with the foundation, which
dismissed the suits and agreed to assess and <BR>place the dogs within six
months.<BR>Seven of the dogs since have been returned to the puppy raisers as
unfit for <BR>guide-dog duty, and 10 remain at the facility.<BR>Still, no
member of the blind community is working with dogs at the training
<BR>facility or has signed up to reside at the facility's dorms in the past
six <BR>months, the foundation's lawyer said. A handler is required to live
for two <BR>to four weeks there to establish a relationship with a dog before
taking it <BR>home.<BR>The puppy raisers say the failure to begin placing dogs
is proof that the <BR>foundation is not making a good-faith effort. They
question whether the <BR>current trainer has enough experience to work
effectively with guide dogs.<BR>The seven puppy raisers who still are being
sued by Brown want a guarantee <BR>the dogs will be used to help the
blind.<BR>"There is nothing that (Brown) has done to relieve our concerns,"
said <BR>Paradise Valley resident Anna Thomasson, one of the seven. She has
raised <BR>three dogs for the foundation in the past five years. "We don't
believe they <BR>have hired a qualified trainer." Hotchkiss, who represents
Brown only in the <BR>suit against the puppy raisers, said Brown is working in
the best interests <BR>of the foundation and wants to avoid conflict.<BR>"I
fully understand (puppy raiser) concerns," he said. But he believes those
<BR>concerns are focused on the past. "Puppy raisers won't concede what is
<BR>happening now."<BR>Complaints abound<BR>The puppy raisers' concerns are
echoed in complaints from the blind <BR>community, past donors, former
employees and the court-appointed receiver <BR>who once managed the
foundation's finances. In interviews, letters to <BR>regulatory agencies and
published accounts, they questioned the foundation's <BR>management.<BR>Joseph
Etienne, appointed by the court to take over the foundation's <BR>operation
two years ago, was critical of the way the foundation is run.<BR>"Dogs are not
being used for what they are trained for," Etienne said. <BR>"People's
donations are not going for what they intended. Money is being <BR>used to
litigate instead of furthering the training of seeing-eye dogs."<BR>He said
his analysis of the foundation and its finances from January to <BR>September
2007 found that it had nearly $8 million in assets and could place <BR>a dozen
dogs per year without receiving another donation, using only the <BR>interest
it receives from investments.<BR>During the months Etienne was trustee, he
said, the foundation placed two <BR>dogs. He said it placed about three dogs
over the two years before his <BR>involvement and has placed none since.<BR>In
contrast to the Eye Dog Foundation, the other school that trains German
<BR>shepherds exclusively, Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation in Connecticut,
reports <BR>that it places as many as 75 dogs per year.<BR>Consumer-complaint
letters about the Eye Dog Foundation have been sent to <BR>regulatory and
law-enforcement agencies in California and Arizona.<BR>Investigators with the
California Attorney General's Office will neither <BR>confirm nor deny an
investigation into the Eye Dog Foundation. Etienne said <BR>in May that
investigators interviewed him.<BR>In December 2008, the National Federation
for the Blind published a scathing <BR>article in the Braille Monitor magazine
that concluded that the foundation's <BR>practices should raise concerns. Tax
records show that donations to the <BR>foundation have declined from $894,217
in 2004 to $139,899 in 2007. The <BR>foundation's single biggest expense in
2007 was legal fees, which totaled <BR>$215,296. It paid Brown $43,000 in
salary.<BR>The foundation reported on its federal tax form in April 2008 that
it had <BR>purchased and bred 23 dogs for training and that "class schedules
have been <BR>established and dogs are finishing training for release in later
2008."<BR>Limon said she was promised a dog in 2007 and still is waiting. She
said she <BR>considered applying for a German shepherd at Fidelco, but there
is a <BR>two-year waiting list and she didn't want to start the clock over
again.<BR>"I keep hoping it will all be worked out," Limon sai
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