[nagdu] changes at GDF was MissingWashingtonCo.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk

cheryl echevarria cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
Thu May 20 13:08:18 UTC 2010


you asked and I told you.  I don't know it's my first guide dog, and I 
thought it was neat.


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----- 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: Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was 
MissingWashingtonCo.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk


> It does. But don't all the guide dogs do that? What is special about GDF
> in this regard? Cheryll wrote it like it was something real special and
> it sounds like well, basic guide work to me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of solsticesinger
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:12 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was Missing
> WashingtonCo.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
>
> Step refusal is basically to keep us from tumbling down flights of
> stairs.
> If I give Caroline the forward command, and we're at the top of a flight
> of
> stairs, she will not go forward until my foot is planted on the step
> below
> us. Hope that makes sense.
>
> Shannon and Caroline
> Are you a fan of Women's music? If so, join me each Wednesday evening
> from 7
> until 10 eastern  for The Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In
>
> Music.
> http://mojoradio.us:9090
> ----- 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, May 19, 2010 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was Missing Washington
> Co.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
>
>
> Step refusal? What is that?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:25 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was Missing Washington Co.
> BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
>
> Julie:
>
> My guide dog is also from GDF.  I find them a great school, they do
> leash
> guiding as well, and step refusal, they are a great school.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> Independent Travel Consultant
> C10-10646
>
> http://Echevarriatravel.com
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>
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was Missing Washington Co. Boy
> FoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
>
>
> > Shannon,
> >
> > I'd be interested to know what changes have occurred at GDF since you
> > first
> > went there and which you like and which you don't.
> >
> > Although it's a long way off, I am considering GDF for my next guide,
> if I
> > decide not to owner train again.  I'm a little OCD about advance
> planning!
> > *smile*
> >
> > Julie
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
> > To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> > <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Missing Washington Co. Boy Found
> > After5-MileBarefootWalk
> >
> >
> > > Thank you for sharing this with us. I find it all very interesting.
> > >
> > > I've gotten both my dogs from GDF, and have found them incredible to
>
> > > work
> > > with. The school has grown in many ways from when I first went there
> in
> > > 1997. Some changes are good. Others, not so much, but overall, I
> really
> > > do
> > > like the program. I'm glad they were willing to work with you, and I
>
> > > hope
> > > you get a fabulous dog.
> > >
> > > Shannon and Caroline
> > > Are you a fan of Women's music? If so, join me each Wednesday
> evening
> > > from
> > > 7
> > > until 10 eastern  for The Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of
> Women In
> > > Music.
> > > http://mojoradio.us:9090
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Katrin Andberg" <katrin at maplewooddog.com>
> > > To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:15 PM
> > > Subject: [nagdu] Missing Washington Co. Boy Found After
> > > 5-MileBarefootWalk
> > >
> > >
> > > There are many tasks that service dogs can do for adults with autism
>
> > > that
> > > are real true tasks.  Many relate to disorders that tend to coexist
> with
> > > the
> > > autism diagnosis.  For example I am autistic and also have a
> > > neurological
> > > sensory processing disorder with poor proprioception.  The sensory
> > > processing disorder I have because I am autistic and that is what I
> > > mainly
> > > utilize my dog for.  Because of this disorder I have difficulty with
> > > correctly processing my environment through my senses.  Personally
> my
> > > most
> > > 2
> > > affected senses are my eye sight and my hearing.  I use my tactile
> sense
> > > a
> > > lot to correctly interpret what my eyes are seeing or to tell me how
> far
> > > away from something I am and things like that.  Pretty much I can
> never
> > > trust my eye sight.  I am not legally blind but I do utilize many of
> the
> > > same skill sets that people who are legally blind use.  I have been
> > > through
> > > O&M training, which of course the state would not fund even though
> my
> > > drs
> > > recommended it, so I had to pay out of pocket and it was a HUGE help
> to
> > > me.
> > > I have also learned a lot by trial and error how to get along best
> in my
> > > environment.  One of the reasons I am on guide dog user specific
> e-mail
> > > lists is because it is a simple way for me to learn new things from
> > > others
> > > who have problems with vision even though the reasons we have
> problems
> > > are
> > > not the same and see how they get things accomplished.  There are
> things
> > > I
> > > have read about on the list and then gone "Hey that would really be
> a
> > > good
> > > thing for me to try!" and I do it and it is a great help to me and
> makes
> > > things a lot easier.  I am a very independent person and I tend to
> learn
> > > things a bit differently because of my disability but I still get
> the
> > > job
> > > done.  I do not though have the benefit of a vision center or a
> state
> > > commission for the blind or someplace like that as those places
> won't
> > > assist
> > > me.  There is a local autism society but most of their services for
> > > people
> > > my age are for things like social groups or employment which I don't
> > > really
> > > need that kind of help with at this time.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For what my dog does for me, he does all of the same tasks that a
> guide
> > > dog
> > > for any of you do.  He does obstacle avoidance, he does intelligent
> > > disobedience at streets and other dangerous situations, he does
> stopping
> > > at
> > > curbs and stairs and other changes in pavement.  He also has a
> follow
> > > cue
> > > which I use quite often when we are in new places.  I have also
> trained
> > > him
> > > to find our home, the last car we were in if someone takes us out,
> how
> > > to
> > > find people I go places often with by name, how to find places I go
> > > often
> > > by
> > > name and a number of other things for me.  He finds entrance and
> exit
> > > doors,
> > > he finds counters, he finds empty seats, etc.  I also have a dog who
>
> > > helps
> > > me at home only (I could have trained James but my corgi really
> wanted a
> > > job
> > > so it was fun to train him too) who alerts me to various timers
> going
> > > off
> > > and the smoke and CO alarm.  Again because of my sensory processing
> > > disorder
> > > I have difficulty with actually processing what those sounds are or
> > > simply
> > > not tuning them out and hearing them at all, so he tells me when
> they
> > > are
> > > going off same as a hearing dog for the deaf would do.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The dog I currently have, James, I owner trained.  My next dog I had
>
> > > been
> > > hoping to owner train, but due to life circumstances I am not going
> to
> > > be
> > > able to so I have recently been accepted to GDF and will be going
> there
> > > at
> > > some point in hopefully the next 2 years.  Finding a program that
> would
> > > accept me and train the tasks I need (which is mostly guide work)
> was
> > > very
> > > difficult as pretty much no service dog programs train guide skills
> and
> > > very
> > > few guide dog programs will accept people who are not legally blind.
>
> > > GDF
> > > was the only school I was able to find that was willing to accept me
> to
> > > date
> > > on the east coast.  They have been great to work with and hopefully
> will
> > > be
> > > a good match for me.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Katrin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Katrin Andberg
> > >
> > > Katrin at maplewooddog.com
> > >
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