[nagdu] Application Process

[Brandon Olivares]

Yeah all they seemed to care about is that there was at least one lighted intersection. The route I am thinking of doing has a lighted intersection, and 4 stop sign controlled intersections.

Brandon
On May 9, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Nicole Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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
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