[nagdu] guide dog school problem

Wed May 14 11:35:31 UTC 2014

Hi, Leye-Shprintse,

I think the idea is that you don't want to begin a partnership with a new dog in a new school where you're already not comfortable.  The dog and a new trainee are already going through an adjustment period getting used to each other, and immediately throwing a new school in the mix is probably not a good idea.  I think we would react differently if this were a second or third or fourth year at school... correct me if I am wrong?

When I started training with Jenny, the trainer asked if we had made any plans to make some big life changes - a move, a new job, etc.  She recommended waiting at least 3-6 months to do anything major... 4 months after graduating training, I started a new job, which is stressful enough on anyone, but my hours changed from the job that I was working - we were used to a routine that had a late start-time, later home-time, a different relieving schedule... so it took a couple of weeks for us to both settle down (add to that the restoration work bein done on our home, and my poor girl didn't know which end was up!).

JMT,

Daryl and Jenny
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BS'D

Nicole,

Why do you think that college/university isn't a good environment to start your partnership in? I'm only curious since these types of environments are seen as 'work environments' in my country, no big deal.

Lesholom,
Leye-Shprintse Öberg
Stockholm, Suède
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http://www.leyeshprintse.com
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14 maj 2014 kl. 06:02 skrev Nicole Torcolini via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>:

I think that the best advice here is to wait until next summer. In addition,
get into a class as close to the beginning of summer break as possible. If
your college allows it, you might want to even take a quarter off to get
your dog. JMHO, you should give your dog and yourself at least two months in
one place (not college) to get settled in. I don't think that trying to get
into an earlier class is a good idea. If they told you that you would be in
an August class, it was most likely because all of the other classes are
full. Even if there are any spare dogs, there is no guarantee that that
spare dog would be the right one for you. Also, if there are spare dogs,
they probably like to save them in case something happens; three of the dogs
in my class had to be swapped out. Finally, it sounds like you might be
rushing into this a little fast. I would recommend thinking over all of this
again. It might even be better to wait until after college to get a guide
dog.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alyssa via nagdu
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 7:12 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] guide dog school problem

Another option is to see if the school can do home training with you at
school. I don't think this is always the most ideal way to go, but your
school should look at the situation and help you decide the best plan of
action.

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> On May 13, 2014, at 6:23 PM, via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I do apologize if I already had posted this to the list already.
> Please forgive me for reposting but, I just submitted my application to
Guide Dogs of America and to  one of the other Guide Dog Training school.
> From what it sounds like;  if I were to get excepted in to one of the
school's guide dog training programs, I would have to go out to the school
in August.
> Unfortunetly, that's when I start college classes.
> The college that I'm going to attend classes at has a policy.  There
policy is that if I miss three concecutive days of class, I would get
dropped from the class.
> And I don't want to do that.
> How should I go about fixing this?
> I hope to hear from you soon.
> Sincerely,
> John Sanders
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