[nagdu] drop offs was Re: Pilot test walk

[Gary Steeves]

Hi:

My school, guide dogs canada, still does drop offs.  I recall it being a bit nerve wracking since we believed tghem that if we  weren't successful we wouldn't graduate.  Everyone graduated and some people took a very long time to find their way back. I was a bit fo a know it all with getting around so was fearful they'd drop me somewhere I'd never bee  hot .  I had to find routes that would put us in the shade.  Apparently the instructors were gong to pull us off the route but lost us on a  one way road.  Anyway, I did get good comments about how well we did at finding a shadey way home to make it easiest on Bogart.  Luckily it rarely gets that hot here and I've learned that Bogart himself is really good at pulling me to the shadey spots on our route. :)

Gary
n but they didn't. The real challenge Ihad was that it was really

On August 29, 2014 9:05:45 AM PDT, Abigail Bolling via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>I did not do a drop off when I went to get Jada at leader, but I only
>was there for the three week program. I took a few weeks out of my
>senior year of High School to get her, so Leader made an exception for
>me.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Abby
>
>Abigail Bolling
>Wright State University: Social Work
>“Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the
>music play.” (Julie Anderson-Diamond)
>On Aug 29, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Alyssa via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Leader used to do them too. In fact, when I was there for amp, they
>did. LD gives each of their clients a gps device. They used the gps
>systems and their own wit to complete a drop off. They didn't do one
>when I went into class for Sophie. Seeing Eye doesn't do them at all. I
>think they're stressful, but great practice for reality.
>> Alyssa and spoiled rotten Melody 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Aug 29, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu
><nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think getting directions from passers-by is a skill, one that's
>worth
>>> learning and takes a bit of practice.
>>> In my first couple classes at GDB, we did a drop-off route.  The
>trainer
>>> would let each student out of the van somewhere, and the student had
>to
>>> find his or her way back to the downtown lounge.  My first time in
>class,
>>> I was shy of asking strangers for directions, and the drop-off
>started me
>>> getting over that real quick.
>>> GDB has since stopped doing the drop-off because people thought it
>was too
>>> stressful.  I thought it was fun, myself. And good practice for
>those
>>> times I've gotten lost.
>>> Tracy
>>> 
>>>> It's kind of like the little tests that some mobility instructors
>>>> give their students, you know, go to such-and-such and bring back
>>>> something.  I'm assuming though that instructors are nearby in
>>>> case of a problem? And how perfect does the walk have to be? And
>>>> what about asking questions of passers-by? Are you allowed to do
>>>> that if you get really lost? Is it testing your orientation
>>>> skills or your dog handling skills? They aren't necessarily the
>>>> same thing.  I can be lost but still work well with my dog.  (I
>>>> know, because I have such a cruddy sense of direction that it
>>>> happens).  Well, I'd best get going.  It's time to go to work.
>>>> Sigh.  Thank God, and I mean literally thank God for a three-day
>>>> weekend coming soon.    Peace,    Debby and Miss Neena
>>>> 
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