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

Mon Sep 10 15:03:39 UTC 2012

Waht I recall when I was at TSE in 2004 was that planned traffic checks were done throughout the training.  It was only durtailed if it felt that the dog was starting to get hesitant about entering the street, suggesting that the dog clearly understood what it needed to do.  And of course, unplanned (also called natural) traffic checks were also the norm, though the instructors try to wait until about the second week to allow those to happen during the training trips.

Vanessa Lowery, LGSW
Adult and Community Services Division
Adult Services Screening Unit
410-853-3550
VLowery at dhr.state.md.us

>>> "Terrie Terlau" <terrieter at gmail.com> 9/8/2012 12:07 PM >>>
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

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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
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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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