[nagdu] Drop-offs

[Marty Rahn]

Yeah.  It very well could depend on the team you train with when you go into 
class.  All I know is that the team of trainors that was in charge of our 
class had us do a drop.
Marty  with Leader Dog monty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lora" <blindhistory at gmail.com>
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> Marty-
> I think it depends on the trainer because I never had to do thatand I went
> to class in July of last year.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Marty Rahn <marty.rahn at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>> What AnnaLisa says is true about Leader.  When I went in June of last 
>> year
>> to get Monty, we were dropped off in pairs to find our way back to the
>> downtown training center toward the end of the last week of class.  They
>> drop you off in an area where you've previously worked, so you have some
>> familiarity with where you are.
>> MartyWith Leader Dog Monty
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "AnnaLisa Anderson" <
>> annalisa at sector14.net>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Drop-offs
>>
>>
>> Hi Jenine and all,
>>>
>>> Some of the trainers at Leader do drop offs for the new students.  I 
>>> think
>>> they did in my team after we retrains, or whatever you call us, left.  I
>>> believe if they're going to do it, it's something they do the very last
>>> week
>>> of class, and the students do it in pairs, as I understand it.  We 
>>> didn't
>>> have that in my first class there in 1991 though.  I think it depends on
>>> the
>>> training team.  I don't think they make it too difficult though, meaning
>>> they are dropped off in a familiar area where they have worked before, 
>>> and
>>> they work their way back to the training center downtown.  I think they 
>>> do
>>> post trainers along the route back, but they keep their distance, 
>>> however
>>> they will help if you get in a real jam or if a problem comes up with 
>>> the
>>> dog or something.  Don't quote me on this, I've heard about it 
>>> secondhand
>>> from students who did have drop offs, and I'm probably not remembering 
>>> it
>>> accurately.  It's getting late too and my brain isn't functioning at 
>>> full
>>> capacity right now either. <smile>
>>>
>>> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>>>
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