[nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison

Wayne Merritt wcmerritt at gmail.com
Sat May 16 22:59:45 UTC 2009


Indeed, when I was at Seeign Eye last fall, there wer four students in
our little group with the instructor. After the first few days to
week, we all went out in pairs to work in town, and when it came time
for our actual "working" time with the instructor, it was almost
always individualized. There were a few times when I worked my dog
with another student, but those were mainly on special trips, like to
New York City, to a nearby farm, and during night travel. All other
times it was individualized.

Wayne& Gucci

On 5/16/09, tina thomas <tinadt at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >From what I understand, the instructor to student racial has changed over
> the years, and students are receiving more individualized instruction. When
> I attended the Seeing Eye back in Feb, there were four of us in my group.
> All but me had received from the Eye prior, So the last week of class, I had
> the instructor to myself.
> Tina
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Haben Girma
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 12:30 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
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>
> Angie, that's really interesting. I would have actually assume that training
> would be more individualized at GEB since GEB has a smaller class size and a
> smaller student to instructor ratio.
>
> Haben
>
> Angie Matney wrote:
>> 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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