[nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison

[Angie Matney]

Hi Haben,

My first training experience was at GDB. That school is comparable in size
to TSE, but there were only seven students in my class (the retrains were
considered a separate class at that time, but even if you included them,
there were only 15 students in training), whereas there were 23 students in
my TSE class. The classes are structured very differently (or at least the
current TSE class is different than the GDB class of eight years ago). 

I had a great class experience at GDB and received a wonderfully trained
dog. Certain parts of training were customized for each student. But there
was more of this at seeing Eye. At least, that is my experience.

Angie



-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Haben Girma
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison


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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