[nagdu] methods of training in other countries?

[Lyn Gwizdak]

I know that TSE has given breeding stock to Japan's guide dog school.  We 
used to have a Japanese guide dog user here in our blind community during 
the 1990s and she told me that the dogs are trained with English commands 
because of the gender specificity of the Japanese language. Of course, the 
Japanese students are taught in and speak Japanese but the commands for the 
dogs are English.  This lady had a dog from Japan and her harness looked 
much like ours - brown leather.  She had a fairly mellow yellow Lab and I 
never saw her give leash corrections.  The dog was well behaved.  The woman 
has left San Diego a long time ago and don't know where she went.  She was 
young so maybe she went to school somewhere.

I have read books about the British guide dogs and seen pictures.  Their 
school is one school with several branches - much like Guide Dogs for the 
Blind here in California.  One of the breeds used in England is the Curly 
Coated retriever - looks like a Lab/Poodle cross but isn't.  I've seen 
several dogs of this breed who were owned by a breeder here in San Diego.  I 
have heard that they aren't used here in the US because the schools feel 
that the breed matures too slowly.  Doesn't make sense to me because they 
mature much like German shepherds - whatever...

The harnesses in England are white and are similar in style much like the 
harnesses used at Guide Dogs of America back in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Lyn and Landon
"Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] methods of training in other countries?


> Do you know if leash corrections are used?
>
> What are the harnesses like?
>
> On 11/24/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I believe in Japan they are raised the way they are here.  I
>> watched a Japaneese movie about a guide dog.  The innly
>> difference is that for example instead of Forward, and Left, it's
>> Left and Forward.
>>
>> Sarah and Wizard
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>> Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:26:21 -0500
>> Subject: [nagdu] methods of training in other countries?
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> This question is for those that are not in the United States.
>>
>>
>>
>> What are the methods of training guide dogs in other countries?
>>
>>
>>
>> Do students learn  leash corrections like we do?
>>
>>
>>
>> Are the dogs raised by puppy raisers like ours?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Chantel and Motley
>>
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