[nagdu] waiting time?
Gail
deerskin at oct.net
Wed Jun 16 17:53:13 UTC 2010
I wasnt nervous while I have had my dogs....I AM nervous when I have to
trust my son! He has gone out with me when I was trying to be mobile on my
scooter, and when I had asked him to check about a car I thought I could
hear, but not see, he missed it, and I almost got smeared. Before that, I
had never been anything but confident in my dog's guiding and care...thats
why I'm nervous as a hurt cat while on my own. I can say with full
confidence if an examiner does the Juno test on me, I'll pass that well!
I'm sitting here, checking my mail, before going out with my cane for the
first time. I do wear Cocoon sunglasses, but I can still see though them.
Should I be trying to block the inside, to make them opaque, like sleep
shades, even though I'm trying to train on my own?
Gail
-------Original Message-------
From: Linda Gwizdak
Date: 6/16/2010 12:33:01 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] waiting time?
Hi Gail,
I think the school is more interested in the fact you can travel
Independently - with or without formal O&M training. I do think it would be
A great idea to get O&M under blindfold before getting your dog. I did
This and foound it VERY helpful even though I had traveled for years before
Formal O&M myself with my first dog.
Did you say you had some trouble with some mobility like crossing big
Streets? Remember, you MUST be confident in all aspects of mobility before
Getting a dog. If you have nervousness in any aspect of travelling, you will
Transmit that nervousness to the dog and that will really have a negative
Impact on how you and your dog work together.
Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail" <deerskin at oct.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] waiting time?
> I'll do that as soon as that test is done this week, and get going on my
> own
> personal training tomorrow (too hot now today). I've found some vids on
> YouTube on O&M, though not on how to cross big streets. The rest seems to
> be
> pretty much logical, or things I've already been doing with my crutch. I'm
> just concerned that GDB might be sticky about my not having had formal
> training. But for all the searching I've done in our area (NE Kansas),
> there
> doesnt seem to be anyone at all who does this. No wonder I've not seen
> anyone out with a cane but a handful of times in years.
>
>
> Gail
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Julie McGinnity
> Date: 06/15/10 16:01:11
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] waiting time?
>
> Hi Gail. I applied, and 3 months later I was able to go to the school
> To get my dog. I only applied to 2 schools, and they were both very
> Quick about getting back to me. I would definitely suggest calling
> The addmissions departments of each school to which you applied. That
> Way you can really tell if they are going to talk to you. They should
> Answer all your questions over the phone even before you send in an
> Application. I don't know anything about GDB though. Good luck.
> Hope you find the perfect school for you.
>
> Julie and Brie
>
> On 6/15/10, Jessica Pitzer <rolosgirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have called, emailed, etc. Etc. Etc.
>> GDA keeps just, not knowing, its yeah we think we have a dog, and then
>> blam, oh no, not one in this class.
>> GDB, I'm just waiting on the call from teh home interviewere but their
>> earliest class dates are September.
>> GDDI, wel.. They say 2 years.. I'm not able to wait that long.
>> GDF, keeps losing my video and not knowing what is what so I'm
>> honestly not sure their.
>> Leader, I've got to send in a release still and fax my medical and
>> then they ahve to do 6 refs and the home interview
>> pilot, has all info and is my last choice, and they even said it'd be
>> a while they'd get back to me
>> seeing eye, just waiting on the call for the home interview BTU they
>> also aren't sure what they ahve and don't have, and are still trying
>> to do references.
>> So far, GDB seems most on top of it which kind of saddens me as GDA
>> and GDF were my top picks in schools *sighs* guess we don't always get
>> what we want sometimes.
>>
>> On 6/15/10, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Jessica.
>>> If I were you, I'd follow up my applications with an email or a phone
>>> call. Ask the Admissions office what's going on.
>>>
>>> I'd think the wait for GDB would be the shortest, because they have 2
>>> campusses and they have short classes.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>> So, I've applied to 7 different schools.
>>>> I've had apps into some for as long as 6 months and others are more
>>>> recent.
>>>> It just seems to be taking forever and that's probably because of the
>>>> 6 month school heh.
>>>> I'm just wondering what folks wait times have been like and if people
>>>> know anything that can speed it up.
>>>> I've been without a dog for 8 months now and it sucks big time.
>>>> I have apps into GDA, GDB, GDDI, GDF, leader, pilot, and seeing eye.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Jessica
>>>>
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> Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
> Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
> Eyes for the Blind
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> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
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