[nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison

[Ann Chiappetta]

Hi All;
I do know that one retrain in our class got to go to her home area in NYC 
for the last week to do more customized training.

As for the ownership debate, I'm fine with waiting to own Verona fully, 
though two years seems a bit of a stretch. I know some folks on this list 
will disagree and that's fine.I just know that I don't have an issue with it 
and I won't enter a debate about it.
Best,
Annie and GEB Verona

It's comforting to me, a new handler, to know that if anything catastrophic 
happened to Ro and I needed help, GEB would be there to help.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison


> Hi Tami,
>
> The training at TSE is similar. I obviously can't compare it to GEB, but I
> will say that what I liked about TSE was that it was very individualized. 
> At
> my first school, all students went into the city on the same day. At TSE, 
> we
> went in groups. I only went to NYC once, but other students went more 
> often,
> depending on their needs. Maybe Ann or another GEB grad could speak to
> scheduling at GEB.
>
> Angie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Ann Chiappetta
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:33 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>
> Hi Tammy;
> I'm a recent GEB grad and I believe I've gotten great urban training. We
> were out five days a week for three weeks in downtown White Plains, NY, a
> busy city with plenty of obstacles, like rounded sidewalk  ramps
> buses,,complicated crossings,  scaffolding, and people and other dogs.We
> trained in NYC only one day but it was great as I got train/subway 
> training
> and felt the safest I've felt in the subway since losing my sight.
>
> I live in a suburban/urban setting and Verona's city skills are spot on. 
> We
> don't have much need for country walking so I make sure I take her on side
> streets just to keep her skills up. But her shorelining skills are good,
> too.
> Hope that helps.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:26 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>
>
>> Hey, all.  A friend was asking me some questions about guide dog schools,
>> and I had no clue to the answers, so I thought I would ask.  She wanted 
>> to
>> know how Guiding Eyes and TSE compare when it comes to urban training for
>> both dog and handler, since both are near NYC.
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone been to both schools?  How would you compare the two?
>>
>>
>>
>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>
>>
>>
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