[nagdu] How Many Routes With Planned Traffic Checks at Your School

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Sat Sep 8 16:19:47 UTC 2012


I attend The Seeing Eye. I think after our first walk we had planned ones for the first couple of weeks almost every route; and, of course, if the instructors saw the possibility of additional ones, they set them up.
xo

On Sep 8, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Terrie Terlau wrote:

> Hi Cindy,
> I can't remember which schoolyou attend. Could you share that?
> thanks.
> Terrie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:10 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] How Many Routes With Planned Traffic Checks at Your
> School
> 
> How don't know how many there were, but several, and they started early on.
> 
> On Sep 8, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Terrie Terlau wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> I am very interested in knowing from graduates of a variety of schools
>> whether your school had an instructor provide a planned traffic check and
> if
>> so how many routes or outings this happened on. I am not comparing in
> terms
>> of being judgmental, but I am curious as to how various schools handle
> this.
>> Having only been to Seeing Eye, I don't know first-hand what other schools
>> do and am very interested.
>> 
>> My memory from 2002 is that Seeing Eye has someone do traffic checks on 2
> or
>> 3 days, probably 4 or 5 routes. Does this sound right to more recent
> grads?
>> How about other schools?
>> 
>> Looking forward to learning,
>> Terrie
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Shannon Dyer
>> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:12 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] GDF traffic training was re: Seeking suggestions for
>> how to maintain a dog's traffic training
>> 
>> Yes. I would say the traffic training is like that of other schools. I'm
> not
>> sure what this other practice is. When I've talked with people from other
>> schools about their experiences with traffic training, they've seemed very
>> much like what I've experienced on class at GDF.
>> 
>> Shannon and Ace
>> Shannon Dyer
>> Alumni Council Member,
>> Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc
>> R  and
>> America's VetDogsR,  The Veteran's K-9 Corps Inc R
>> Providing "Second Sight" R since 1946
>> 371 E. Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787
>> Office: 631-930-9000, Toll-free: 866-282-8047
>> solsticesinger at gmail.com
>> To make a donation that can change a life...contact the Guide Dog
> Foundation
>> at
>> www.guidedog.org 
>> or America's VetDogs the Veterans K-9 Corps at
>> www.vetdogs.org
>> Visit us on facebook at: 
>> www.facebook.com/GuideDogFoundation or www.facebook.com/AmericasVetDogs
>> 
>> On Sep 7, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> For the most part I am assuming that they do their traffic training just
>> as other schools. But Terrie mentioned a different practice that no one
> else
>> did, and I was curious of what that is? 
>>> 
>>> Waiting anixously for my class and my new pup!
>>> 
>>> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Sep 7, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Shannon Dyer <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi.
>>>> 
>>>> What kinds of things are you wanting to know? I'm happy to help if I
> know
>> what information you're looking for.
>>>> 
>>>> Shannon and Ace
>>>> Shannon Dyer
>>>> Alumni Council Member,
>>>> Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc
>>>> R  and
>>>> America's VetDogsR,  The Veteran's K-9 Corps Inc R
>>>> Providing "Second Sight" R since 1946
>>>> 371 E. Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787
>>>> Office: 631-930-9000, Toll-free: 866-282-8047
>>>> solsticesinger at gmail.com
>>>> To make a donation that can change a life...contact the Guide Dog
>> Foundation at
>>>> www.guidedog.org 
>>>> or America's VetDogs the Veterans K-9 Corps at
>>>> www.vetdogs.org
>>>> Visit us on facebook at: 
>>>> www.facebook.com/GuideDogFoundation or www.facebook.com/AmericasVetDogs
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 7, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I would like to know more about the GDF traffic training, I'm going
> into
>> class in just a few weeks. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> thank you,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:46 PM, "Terrie Terlau" <terrieter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> Guide Dog Foundation teaches their students a technique for doing
>> traffic
>>>>>> checks with their dogs. This is the only school that I know of that
>> does
>>>>>> this. Seeing Eye has said not to do so. Sometimes dogs work pretty
>> close to
>>>>>> cars, at least close enough that the public thinks there is a problem
>> when
>>>>>> there is not. But the best thing to do if you are concerned about your
>> dog's
>>>>>> traffic work is to call your school and get someone out who really
>> knows
>>>>>> what to look for. I would trust the opinions of very few O&M
>> instructors and
>>>>>> probably not the opinion of a sighted friend because they don't know
>> how
>>>>>> close is too close in terms of whether a dog is really paying
> attention
>> to
>>>>>> traffic and doing it right.
>>>>>> JMO.
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Terrie Terlau
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>>>>>> Of Bryan Jones
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 10:42 AM
>>>>>> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
>>>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Seeking suggestions for how to maintain a dog's
>> traffic
>>>>>> training
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Reading another thread that mentions traffic-check training methods
>> used at
>>>>>> school got me wondering about ways to safely maintain me and my dog's
>>>>>> traffic training. can any of you share any methods you use to maintain
>> your
>>>>>> dog's traffic training? My pup has always cut things very close in
>> relation
>>>>>> to motor vehicles, whether parked or moving, but recently I feel she's
>> been
>>>>>> cutting things even closer.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
>>>>>> Bryan
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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