[nagdu] changes at GDF wasMissingWashingtonCo.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
Tamara Smith-Kinney
tamara.8024 at comcast.net
Thu May 20 14:24:28 UTC 2010
Cheryl,
I always love the little tidbits of information about specific things
program dogs are trained to do or not do. I guess I've been working Mitzi
long enough now that I always end up scratching my head trying to remember
what I actually trained her to do about stairs (or whatever other specific
thing someone brings up). Actually, that was something we sort of figured
out together from the beginning, since we couldn't go anywhere from our old
apartment without going down stairs. Now I'm going to have to pay attention
to how we do that. /lol/ I know we did some work on finding the rail for
stairs in public buildings, and she does hesitate if she thinks I'm off a
bit...
Yet another item to put on the on list for training next time... Now I see
why Jullie does so much advanced planning... /lol/ Well, actually, I'm a
little that way myself... Can't complete one project without having planned
how to do it better next time by the time I'm finished. /lol/
Thanks for the explanation.
Tami Smith-Kinney
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you asked and I told you. I don't know it's my first guide dog, and I
thought it was neat.
Cheryl Echevarria
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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
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> 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.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> 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-----
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> Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:25 AM
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> 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
> 1-866-580-5574
>
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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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