[nagdu] speaking too soon

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

AnnaLisa,

You are certainly quite right.  Training is so different from the real
world!  I have a hard time remember how much more true that is for a young
dog well trained by a sighted trainer in a well-designed training setting.
Mitzi's training was more like an apprenticeship than a college course, so
the transition from GDIT to GD was less dramatic for her.

Also, with her, I know exactly when it is time to blame the trainer!  /grin/
The trainer also knows when to blame the handler and tell her to shape up
and figure out how to deal.  So I guess I transfer my experience onto the
very different program training experience when I hear about after
graduation issues.  Huh.  /smile/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of AnnaLisa Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:49 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] speaking too soon

Hi Lora and Tami,

My guess is that Trice didn't display this fear of traffic in training,
otherwise he wouldn't have graduated.  They career change dogs for much
lesser reasons than that sometimes.  Either that or the trainer thought they
had worked through the issue so they thought he would be okay.  As others
have said, sometimes problems don't manifest themselves till you get home
with the dog and you start working every day.  JMTC.

AnnaLisa and Sundance



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