[nagdu] How Many Routes With Planned Traffic Checks at Your School
Margo and Arrow
margo.downey at verizon.net
Sat Sep 8 21:22:46 UTC 2012
I am a graduate of The Seeing Eye. Of course, there are always going to be unplanned traffic checks. At the Seeing Eye for a very long time, we experience many planned traffic checks starting about the third day we have our dogs. In 2009, and in 2001, I recall having a planned check of some sort almost daily. In 2009, I had a hybrid car check almost daily. Sometimes, I'd have a non-hybrid check in the morning and a hybrid card check in the afternoon but usually, just one planned check per day.
Margo and Arrow
Margo and
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,f3 ,t]rie ,t]lau <terrieter at gmail.com>
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Date: Saturday, Sep 8, 2012 12:08:39 PM
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...cctact 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...cctact 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 #g1 #bjab1 at #i3jh ,,am1 ,m>%a ,dr5? <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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