[nagdu] Update on Sophie Girl and a new guide dog school

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Alyssa.
My current dog is from The Seeing Eye.  He turned 2 a couple weeks after we 
left class, as did several other dogs in my class.
We were always treated with friendly respect in class, and afterwards.
TSE uses praise-and-correct methods.  I gather they are teaching some 
clicker use now, but mostly for targetting things.
TSE does not have a graduation ceremony, which for me is a plus. A few 
people shook my hand and wished me well, and off I went.  More dignified 
than the graduation circus, IMO.
TSE does not encourage direct contact between students and puppy raisers.
I thought the training was excellent.  I think they're especially good at 
traffic training.
HTH.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alyssa" <alyssahenson95 at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 10:24 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Update on Sophie Girl and a new guide dog school


> Hello listers. I sent a message a short while back explaining that Sophie 
> had to go back to training because of her scavenging. It has been decided 
> that Sophie and I simply aren't a good match. I've also been hearing about 
> this problem occurring consistently with dogs from LDB. So I have made the 
> decision that it's time to switch schools. The ones I'm choosing from are 
> guide dogs for the blind, the seeing eye, and possibly guiding eyes for 
> the blind. I like the geographical location of all these places as they 
> feature busy areas to work in. I also like that they all offer follow up 
> as well. I do have some questions though. I thank you for taking the time 
> to read and answer. So here goes. What training methods are used with the 
> dogs? How effective do you feel these methods are? During your class 
> experience, how were you treated by the trainers and administration? How 
> old are the dogs when they are issued? Thank you for reading these 
> questions. Feel free to answer off list if y
> ou wish. I'll post again if any more questions come up.
> Thanks
> Alyssa
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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