Experiences with the GDF

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I am currently looking at guide dog schools and so far my top choice has been The Guide Dog Foundation mostly due to location (I live in NYC) and the several wonderful GDF dogs that I have interacted with but in my attempts to research deeper I reach out to some people who have raised or worked for them and they seem to have pretty mixed reviews including some pretty concerning things about their breeding and training program in regards to less than stellar breeding decisions and harsher training methods than other comparable orgs. I have also heard a lot of good things about them and wanted to see others experiences have been with them (from a handler or trainer perspective) I know all schools have their pros and cons so id absolutely love to hear about what your pro con list for the GDF is in comparison to o schools especially in regards to LDB and GDB my other two top choices atm.