[nagdu] Wild GDB rumor?

[rhonda cruz]

 hello tracy.
 i feel like gdb has high standards, for people. i live  not a few minutes a way. from the calfornia. campus.
 and they gave  someone a dog that didn't know right from left.
 just to say. and also they didn't like me from the start.
 but i've got friends, from that school. but i don't like they training.
 or they staff. they are so stuck up. and all that.
 well.
 i will go for now.
 i think what they are doing will get someone really hurt.
 but that's how i feel. about it.


On Jul 25, 2012, at 5:12 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> The other day, a friend shared with me the things she heard about at the
> ACB convention.  One thing that shocked us both was that GDB is teaching
> people, when there is a narrow path, to step *ahead* of the dog!  Say
> what!!!  I've done that, and lived to tell the tale and learn from my
> mistake, but it's a darned good way to get hurt or killed.  Is this just a
> wild rumor, or is it an example of trainers being out of touch with
> reality?  Or has GDB become Guide Dogs for the High Partials?  Well, high
> partials who never go out at night, because it would be too dangerous and
> scary.
> Surely this isn't actually what GDB is teaching?
> Another thing my friend heard is that, if the dog is unsure of how to go
> around an obstacle, the person is supposed to direct the dog using the
> leash--give a leash cue.  Great, if you can tell where to go.  Me, I
> usually can't, being, you know, blind!
> 
> Anyhow, any recent GDB graduate want to confirm or deny this rumor?
> 
> I have been pondering a new theory:  guide dogs used to be trained as if
> their partners would be totally blind, and now they're being trained as if
> their partners will have some usable vision.  I've occasionally thought
> that Ben might have done better sooner if he had a person who could tell
> faster when he was getting ready to cop a sniff, for instance.  And our
> trainer seemed to think I should know when bushes were coming up, though
> just how I would know that beats me.  But then, how do these guide dogs
> for the visually impaired pass the blindfold test?  So maybe my theory is
> full of holes, but it doesn't seem like training is as rigorous as it used
> to be, if one can believe books.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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