[nagdu] Test Walk?

Fri Feb 3 13:43:43 UTC 2012

I have no idea!  But I have met some folks who are very nervous around dogs! 
Even labradoodles!  With all the pit bull stuff going around, it probably 
helps but I've never been asked except by a Columbus bus driver and then, I 
suspect it was the trainers idea.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa belville" <missktlab1217 at frontier.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Test Walk?


> wow.  Who is asked to muzzle their guide dog these days?  I mean, does 
> that happen often enough that you guys need to learn to make a muzzle?
>
>
> I'd like an order of ambition, & a side of focus, and a large coffee. And 
> could you super size that please? It really needs to last for the rest of 
> the day.
> Lisa Belville
> missktlab1217 at frontier.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 7:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Test Walk?
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>
>> Yah, we took the bus.  We also practiced muzzling our dogs with our 
>> leashes. Just in case we ever were asked to.  I never have been but I 
>> know how.  We also have to go into a store and buy something.  This is to 
>> see if you can keep your dog from snatching something off the shelves and 
>> scarfing it up! Actually, sence I always take the bus and walk, it was 
>> great!  They gave us the route the night before so we could go over it. 
>> If we had unexpected probblems like that bum that came out of nowhere or 
>> getting disoriented in the store, the trainer would help us.  But for the 
>> route and normal stuff they could talk to us but not give us any 
>> information.  They also tested us with a trainer that we hadn't worked 
>> with so that they could sort of eliminate any prejudices that your normal 
>> trainer might have.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 7:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Test Walk?
>>
>>
>>> But it sounds like the Pilot folks are taking the city bus, which imho 
>>> is
>>> more challenging than a bunch of students being driven downtown in the
>>> school's bus.  Actually, given the number of times a bus has passed me 
>>> by,
>>> or the driver has forgotten to announce my stop, it could be a lot more
>>> challenging.  But maybe the Columbus bus drivers are used to Pilot
>>> students waiting at that stop, and don't just breeze on by.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>> GDB kind of does that. We had several bus to lounge routes. The bus 
>>>> would
>>>> park a few blocks from the lounge, and we would get out one or two at a
>>>> time
>>>> (I cannot remember which) and walk to the lounge. We all started from 
>>>> the
>>>> same departure point, though. The trainers would hide themselves along 
>>>> the
>>>> route to watch us and distract our dogs. The dog distraction thing did 
>>>> not
>>>> usually work, though, because, by that time, we were used to the 
>>>> trainers
>>>> trying to distract our dogs. It was actually a lot of fun. Sometimes, 
>>>> if
>>>> one
>>>> dog team left the bus not long after another, the second team would try 
>>>> to
>>>> catch up and over take the team ahead of them. There were a couple of 
>>>> dogs
>>>> in the class who enjoyed walking fast.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "loriandleo" <loriandleo at ohiohills.com>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:03 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Test Walk?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nicole,
>>>>>
>>>>> When I went to Leader to train with Leo my German Shepherd back in 
>>>>> 2005,
>>>>> the trainers would take us out in the mini bus and drive around for a
>>>>> while
>>>>> and then the trainer would drop   two students and their dogs off at
>>>>> different locations and tell us where were getting dropped off at. And
>>>>> the
>>>>> trainer would tell us to find our way back to the training center. And
>>>>> the
>>>>> trainers would be out and about watching us. This was called our 
>>>>> Mystery
>>>>> walk.  The trainers wanted to see how well the student and dog worked
>>>>> together on their own and that the student and dog are safe when out
>>>>> walking.  we could ask for directions if needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> I really enjoyed this drop off mystery walk  that I had to do. It 
>>>>> showed
>>>>> to
>>>>> the trainers that I could safely work and trust in my dog when out and
>>>>> about
>>>>> walking and that if I needed help because  of not being sure of where
>>>>> I'm
>>>>> at
>>>>> that I can ask for some assistance and directions from someone if I
>>>>> needed
>>>>> to.  I have to say my dog and I and the other student and her dog 
>>>>> that
>>>>> I
>>>>> was with, we both found are way back to the training center just
>>>>> figureing
>>>>> out where were at together and working as a team.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I went to train with Gipp last December, the trainers were no
>>>>> longer
>>>>> dropping students and their dogs off and telling them to find their 
>>>>> way
>>>>> back to the training center. Take care.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lori and theGipper
>>>>>
>>>>>
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