[nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: a couple questions

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Also, the school you pick today may or may not be the one you pick for
any successor dogs. This isn't a lifetime commitment. It's important to
know this. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:01 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [nagdu] a couple questions

I think there is good in all the schools. The training is on the
baseline 
the same but there are definite differences. Some feel TSE doesn't give 
support following the training; that has not been my experience except
that 
sometimes it isn't as quick to come forth because of the fact that there
are 
less grads in the area I live far as I can tell. I have had my problems
with 
the school and have expressed my feelings about them. I think over the
years 
this will happen in almost any environment.

Each school will, I think, suit different personalities. GDB, for
instance, 
invites getting to know and spending time with puppy raisers of one's
dogs. 
TSE does not, so if you want that, you would not go to TSE. TSE's
training 
time frame is four weeks first stay and three for each additional one.
If 
you want two weeks, this might not be the program for you. I, like
another 
poster, have seen Leader Dogs that didn't appear to be working out in
their 
teams so well, but why is it really? I think you might be able to find
that 
from almost any school. Applying to TSE was easy; I've not applied to
any 
other school. Most of the schools belong to a federation of guide dog 
schools, not naming that right probably, and so much of the training has

been standardized. I think that the bottom line will be that from the 
information you receive, both from grads and from the schools
themselves, 
you will need to decide where you believe you fit the best and then go
with 
it.

Cindy




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