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

Chantel Cuddemi jawsgirl87 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 8 18:29:41 UTC 2012 

Yeah, but we're talking about traffic checks. 

Ray didn't have us do traffic checks. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Passle Helminski
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 2:26 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

Pilot Dogs does do natural traffic, just ask Ray the director of training.

Passle  and her Pilot dog


>Pilot Dogs doesn't do traffic checks.
>
>My trainer told us that they used to do them but they found that the dogs
>and students were freaked out by them.
>
>Chantel and Pilot Dog Motley
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Terrie Terlau
>Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:07 PM
>To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>Subject: [nagdu] How Many Routes With Planned Traffic Checks at Your School
>
>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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