[nagdu] Pilot was guide dog schools and relieving

[Larry D. Keeler]

Hannah, I should hope so!  I remember Pilot telling us that if we couldn't 
do it, we wouldn't recievfe our dogs!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pilot was guide dog schools and relieving


> Bibi,
> Re-trains are only their for 2 weeks. I think they should be able to pick 
> up
> after their dogs from the beginning.
> Just my thoughts,
> hannah
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Criminal Justice Major
> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:59 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pilot was guide dog schools and relieving
>
> Not to be a bragger on purpose here, but during the time I was in training
> with Odie, the rest of the trainies ended up having to go out to the 
> relief
> area to practice picking up after their dogs.
> Reason was a few who weren't checking the area thoroughly to see that they
> pieced everything up if the dog dod go in harness.
> I lucked out as Mike Tessmer the training instructor privately told me I
> didn't have to be apart since he watched how well my cleanning job was 
> when
> it came to picking up.
> He did ask me to come and observe and assist if there were to be problems.
> One trainy who was a first time guide dog user almost began cursing when 
> he
> felt the doggy doo, despite having a plastic bag over his hand.
> I informed him that if he was going to be a guide dog user, he'd have to 
> get
> used to cleanning up after his dog, despite the feeling of it.
> He ended up not making it through the training for personal reasoning 
> where
> he felt that it wasn't the right time for him to train with a guide dog.
> Despite that the training was a great success, I would like to see a 
> change
> of where the students are to practice cleanning up after their dogs in the
> relief area more because once they get home, it's the real adventure and 
> no
> trainers will be around to pick up after the dog.
> That's the only draw back see is the instructors cleanning up and not the
> trainies, as what if a trainy is a first timer?
> By the second or third week of training, that's when the student should be
> able to pick up the stuffon their own.
> For those who are retrains, I'd think they'd be able to pick up after 
> their
> dogs by the end of the first or second week.
> Just my thoughts on this one.
> Bibi
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