[nagdu] private guide training

Jessica Pitzer rolosgirl at gmail.com
Tue May 29 14:37:05 UTC 2012


Not closely, no. I've emailed a private trainer, and hop to hear back
soon, but I'm not sure what other schools are all about. I don't much
wanna go cross country, I'm in florida, or to southeastern either as
they requre a whole 26 day stay for grads of other programs.
Jessica

On 5/29/12, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
>         I wouldn't want to leave my kid either for two weeks.
> Have you looked at other schools? Pilot isn't the only game in town.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Jessica Pitzer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:13 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] private guide training
>
> I asked for a poodle, and just last week I wrote them and told them
> I'd accept a lab if they could absolutely not find me a poodle. they
> told me a poodle might take a long time as I want a female and they
> said finding one who will be good with kids, small dogs, and be on the
> calmer side will be hard as they ahve more energy. IDK. I thought they
> were calmer but I guess we'll see. Haven't heard back from them. I'm
> still pursuing the private route, because I really do want a poodle if
> it can work or a poodle cross, and the other hting is I really dont'
> wanna leave my son for 2 weeks, I guess it'll probably end up whether
> pilot comes trough or the private stuff first.
> Jessica
>
> On 5/29/12, NCBootman <ncbootman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Perhaps you want to consider dropping your request for a specific breed.
>> If
>>
>> the breed you seek is not happy with small children, is it a good breed
>> for
>>
>> a guide dog? What happens when you find yourself amongst other people's
>> kids
>>
>> or have to pass by a daycare on one of your routes? I would not want that
>> liability for myself because if our dogs harm someone else, as handlers,
>> we
>>
>> are responsible. Even if the dog seems fine in a kennel, that can change
>> once it is a working dog if by nature it is not child friendly.
>>
>> Greg
>> ----Original Message-----
>> From: Jessica Pitzer
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:36 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] private guide training
>>
>> No, pilot jsut said that since I had a small child in the house along
>> with 2 smaller dogs, that it would be harder to find a dog that is
>> both able to live with small dogs and children, and be the breed I
>> want. *shrugs*
>>
>> On 5/29/12, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
>>> Jessica,
>>> Does your son have special medical issues?
>>> I ask because any dog from a school should meet this requirement.
>>>
>>> Is there more going on?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Jessica Pitzer
>>> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 6:42 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: [nagdu] private guide training
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm wondering if anyone has Doug While's email, and or if any of you
>>> know of anyone who does a service similar to Doug's. I'm looking for a
>>> private guide dog trainer either ot help me select a dog and train it,
>>> or to train a dog I select, that kind of thing.
>>> I'm not opposed ot the school route, but I'm waiting on the latest
>>> survey before I apply with any new schools and the one I'm on teh
>>> waiting list for says that uit'll be a while because I asked them for
>>> a dog who would be calm enough around my son not to hurt him. *shrugs*
>>> Anyway thanks all for the help.
>>> Jessica
>>>
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