[nagdu] Test Walk?

[matthew Dyer]

I think the buss now abnnounce the stops and the bus number as it stopps.  At least the newer busses do abny how.

Matthew


On Feb 3, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> 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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