[nagdu] Considering A Dog

[Hannah Chadwick]

Hey Cody,
Welcome to the list. My name is Hannah and I'm on my first dog, Princess.
She is a black poodle, and we recently graduated from Pilot. They do teach
the find command, but from what I've seen, other schools may do more
training on this. If you have any questions about Pilot, please feel free to
contact me off list; my email is hchadwick at ucdavis.edu.
All the best, Hannah and Princess 
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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Kody Keplinger
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 9:17 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Considering A Dog

Thank you for all the help/info everyone!  I appreciate it a lot.

I am confused, though. Pilot DOES teach "find" commands? A Facebook friend
of mine with a dog from Pilot told me they didn't when she was there, and
that (plus the lack of subway training, being in Columbus) is one of the
only reasons it moved down from the top of my list.  But if they DO teach
'find" then I'll consider them again.

I was wondering re: TSE - do they take breed preference into account if I
said I wanted a German Shepherd? I know they still breed them, but I wasn't
sure if you could specify on the application.  Also, I find it interesting
that they teach you HOW to teach "find."  Has anyone had experience doing
this? How well did it work?

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>wrote:

> Hi Cody.
> Welcome to the list.
> The Seeing Eye has very nice shepherds.  They're generally smaller 
> than Fidelco shepherds.  I work in NYC, and used to live there, and I 
> think a smaller dog is a big plus.  Much easier to keep out of the way 
> on buses, subways, and in small, crowded restaurants.
> TSE does not teach the find commands, but they will teach you how to 
> teach it, which is in some ways better, and they will help you with it in
class.
> I live in Jersey, and it was good for me to work in Morristown, which 
> is similar in traffic and crowds to my town.  We went into NYC at 
> least twice, and my trainer changed the usual routes so that I could 
> work my dog around where I usually go.
> Their follow-up is excellent.
> First-timers have to stay in class for 4 weeks.
> I'm not sure how long the application process takes; I was leisurely 
> about it because I was waiting for my previous dog to be ready to retire.
> Tracy
>
>
>
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