[nagdu] Pilot in 1987

[rhondacrz]

hi i also remember the route.  as well.
i was there in 2009.
it was a good class experance.
i learned a lot from all of the tranners.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Larry D.  Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net
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>Date sent: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:49:23 -0500
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>That's the route!  You remember that thing pretty well!  I think 
its not a
>long one and tests most of your skills.  You don't even have to 
tell the
>dogs to find in!  They just sort of do it! When were you there in 
2008.  I
>was there Augjust-September.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jessica Pitzer" <rolosgirl at gmail.com
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>Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:10 PM
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>> Its a bit different as of 2009 not sure exactly now as i'm 
waiting to
>> get back in for a poodle, but anyway here it is as of 2009
>> the gate is on town street now, not grub, halfway between grub 
and
>> skidmore, so you go out of the gate and go right at the down 
curb you
>> cross skidmore.
>> you then continue straight along town to gift street
>> you turn right at the down curb and walk along gift to rich 
street
>> you then wait at the light and cross rich street
>> at the up curb you turn right walk maybe 2 or 3 steps turn right 
again
>> to face the street and wiat for the bus.  I forget the numbers!
>> the trainer will tell you the numbers of the bus though.
>> you ask the driver for long and high
>> you get off at long and turn left and walk maybe half a block or 
so to
>> down curb
>> turn left curb to curb and cross high screet another light and a 
crazy
>> ione in my opinion.
>> you then walk down high and cross gay, broad, I hate that one, 
and
>> down to state.
>> then you turn around and walk abck up the block about half a 
block and
>> wait for the bus.
>> some trainers have you cross state go in cvs and purchase and 
then
>> come back out and cross state and find the bus stop, others 
don't mine
>> did not.
>> You get on the bus and as for gift and town streets when you get 
off
>> you turn left and find the very.  very flat curb it is so flat 
it is
>> hard to figure out if its the curb or street there, you then 
cross,
>> and walk a long block all the way to grub street you turn left 
curb to
>> curb which is difficult because of a huge lump thing in the 
sidewalk I
>> think its a drain, you cross town on the light, you step up onto 
a
>> very very high curb..  like, knee high
>> you turn left and start saying juno find inside because the gate 
is
>> coming up on the right, they know where that gate si, the pull 
picks
>> up the tail wags, the dog wiggles, they know, and yoru done!
>> my first time in 2008 we had to go to the cvs and buy something 
and
>> then go out and turn right and get the bus there but the bus 
stop
>> location changed in 2009.
>> I'm hoping to go back sometime this year, i am told i'm on the 
wiatin
>> glist with some in front of me and no poodles available right 
now at
>> all so we still wait.


>> On 2/3/12, loriandleo <loriandleo at ohiohills.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Jenine,

>>> That the exact route I walked for my test walk when I  was at 
Pilot.  For
>>> me
>>> I enjoyed the walk and I always passed my walk on the first try.  
Brings
>>> back
>>> memories.  Take care.

>>> Lori and theGipper


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