[nagdu] Guide Dog Training Programs

[Marion Gwizdala]

Rebecca,
    In addition, the training program you choose today may arbitrarily 
change their policies, administration, etc., and may not be the same program 
down the road, in spite of the fact that it still has the same name. Again, 
this is the case with Leader. When they attended our convention just a 
couple of months after changing their ownership policy, they didn't even 
bother to mention the change. This, in spite of the fact that they gave what 
seemd to be a very detailed "update". Did they just have a lapse of memory 
of this very important change or did they not want to really hear what 
consumers felt about this regressive, custodial change in a very important 
element of their program?

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: a couple questions


> 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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