[nagdu] Application Process

[Nicole Torcolini at Home]

Mine was several years ago, but it certainly was not twenty minutes. It was two or three stop sign intersections and a lighted intersection.

Nicole

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On May 9, 2014, at 5:37 AM, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:

This is not necessarily true. If you work in a busy area with lots of
street crossings and you can show that to them within a ten minute
walk, then they would totally accept that. In fact, my route that I
showed them was about twenty minutes long and my instructor just asked
me to stop because she saw everything she needed to see and we just
did the juno walk back to my dorm.

> On 5/9/14, Matthew Dierckens <matt.dierckens at me.com> wrote:
> Hi Brandon.
> I am also looking at applying to GDB. They require that the routes be a
> minimum of 20 minutes with different types of street crossings.
> Matthew Dierckens
> Macintosh Trainer
> Blind Access Training
> www.blindaccesstraining.com
> 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 9, 2014, at 12:10 AM, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Brandon,
>> 
>> I applied for my dog in fall of 2012 and went to train May/June of
>> last year. Our one year mark is coming up which is really awesome.
>> Like Sherry mentioned, GDB does require a medical report from your
>> doctor saying that you're in good physical condition to train with a
>> guide. Also, I totally forgot about the certification of blindness
>> part because it went along with my doctor's report. I don't think GDB
>> really cares about the length of your routes as long as you can
>> sufficiently show that you have the mobility skills to work with a
>> dog.
>> 
>> Minh
>> 
>>> On 5/6/14, Sherry Gomes <sherriola at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello Brandon,
>>> 
>>> I'm a long time GDB grad, and I'm currently up at the Oregon campus in a