[nagdu] Test Walk?

[Doug Parisian]

Rebecca, you beat me to the punch on this concern and it is a valid one.

At TSE, we had a couple of test walks and the anxiety the night before about 
street and turn memorization tended to take focus away from the dog and 
master learning about each other.  I rarely participated in these high 
anxiety discussions, not being in competition with anyone for a marvellous 
memory.  Anyway, what most students seem to forget that during training, the 
dogs actually had memorized most of the routes anyway.  I did learn where my 
trainer stopped for coffee, thanks to the dogs!

Doug: lost for the past 10 years, somewhere in Morristown; Excuse me sir, 
can you tell me which way to walk to reach Winnipeg from here?
----- 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: Friday, February 03, 2012 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Test Walk?


> Do the streets matter or are you graded on how well you and your dog work?
> The way it's described here, it almost sounds like you're graded on your 
> ability to follow a route, not to think and problem solve.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of loriandleo
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:30 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Test Walk?
>
> Hi Nicole,
>
> Yes Pilot has a test walk or achievement walk that the student and dog 
> must
> walkand pass at the end of training to be able to go home with your dog. 
> The
> trainers will usually go over a  route that the student and dog have 
> already
> walked the night before they actually will do the walk the next morning.
> After the trainer has gone over the route the student can study the route
> that night so that the student is ready to do the walk the next morning. 
> The
> walk starts at the school and the student and dog will walk the assigned
> route and walk to a certain bus  stop and catch a bus and take it downtown
> Columbus and get off at I think it's Long and High Street if I'm 
> remembering
> right. So get off the bus at Long and High street turn left and walk down
> High Street to the corner of Long Stree. Turn left and cross over High
> Street. Once you have crossed over high Street and made your way to the up
> curb turn left and walk down High Street. You'll have to cross over at 
> least
> three streets and they are called State Street, Brodwayand I don't 
> remember
> the other names of the Streets right off hand. Anyways you end up walking
> back down high street and crossing  three streets or so and then making a
> right turn into a certain store which I can't remember the name again 
> since
> it's been so long since I've walked this route Anyways, once in the store
> you have to purchase something then walk back out of the store and turn
> right walking back down High Street to the desanated bus stop and waiting 
> to
> catch a bus back to the school. Then you get off the bus  at the desanated
> bus stop and walk back to the school.
>
> The main thing the trainers want to see is that the handler and dog are 
> safe
> when out walking.
>
> Those of you who went to Pilot can you fill in the names of the Streets I
> missed or forgot.  It's been a long time since I've walk this route and 
> now
> that I'm no longer with Pilot Dogs I forgot some of the names of the
> Streets.
> Take care.
>
> Lori and theGipper
>
>
>
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