[nagdu] guide dog school problem

Wed May 14 13:02:31 UTC 2014

I agree with both of these things. I think when one is going to make this kind of a change though, it is a topic that must be discussed in advance. I don’t know if this is a first dog, but there is a lot of adjustment for the person then. However, there are circumstances in which it might be necessary to do what we wouldn’t ordinarily do. For instance, when I got old Wayne, I had to go to a meeting at the school less than a week after we came home. It would have been better not to have to go down to Kansas City and do this, but we both survived it. I would do it again. I think we do what we need to do and the schools should be flexible enough to help us to do those things.

CL

On May 14, 2014, at 7:55 AM, Howard J. Levine via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I don't agree, if guide dog trainer told me to put my life on hold for six months I would get another trainer, we as blind people meed to deal with life's changes just like any one else. That why blind people are under employed and guide dog schools need to under stand this and dog must be able to handle life changes. Why have a guide dog if you need to put your life on hold for six months.
> 
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> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie via nagdu
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 7:36 AM
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> 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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> From: Leye-Shprintse via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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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,
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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.
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> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alyssa via nagdu
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 7:12 PM
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> 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.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> 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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