[nagdu] Home and Away

Sun May 25 16:04:05 UTC 2014

I did home and away with a dog ... a couple dogs ago, lol.  The advantages 
were that you got to work in your own area, you didn't have to take so much 
time away from family and work!!  The disadvantages were however, that you 
were back home and at work and not just devoting time to you and your dog. 
It was tough!!

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cindy Ray via nagdu
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 12:36 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Home and Away

I've seen some people in class who did the Home and Away. They worked with 
an individual trainer as I recall, not with the rest of the class. Then that 
trainer came to their home area to work with them the rest of the time. I 
could sure see some advantages to it, but it does seem as if it would be 
hard to work. I suspect you would operate on an abbreviated work schedule if 
you did this.

Cindy
On May 23, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:

> Has anyone done the TSE Home and Away?
> I think that would be excellent, because I could spend the last part of 
> training working on real situations, like teaching my dog how to navigate 
> the Port Authority bus terminal, for one thing.
> But does one actually have time to work and train both?  I gather from 
> others who have done home training that it was pretty intense.
> If anyone has experience with TSE's version, I'd like to hear about it.
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Edie via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>
>
>> Tracy,
>>
>> Doesn't TSE have a "home and away" program where you only have to stay on
>> campus for a week or 10 days, and then the trainer comes to your home 
>> area
>> for the rest of the training?  Might this work out for you?  Or even
>> entirely in-community training, since you are a veteran guide dog 
>> handler?
>>
>> Best,
>> Ann
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> via nagdu
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 7:09 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>>
>> Oh yah, I'm going to start discussing it with my boss long before it
>> happens.  I'm trying to get it all over before we start a big project
>> sometime next Spring.
>> Thankfully, it's been a while since last time, but, as I recall, it took
>> some time to arrange everything.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Katie Crocker via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>>
>>
>>> Sorry for the second email, I accidentally hit send on the first one
>>> before it was done. *grin*
>>>
>>> My employer saw training as a reasonable accommodation, so I did not 
>>> have
>>> to take any sick time or vacation time.  I work at a very small 
>>> nonprofit,
>>
>>> so things like that happen I guess.  I'm lucky.  But most people I know 
>>> do
>>
>>> have to take vacation time usually employers are pretty helpful when it
>>> comes to finding a solution for this.  Can you perhaps ask about it 
>>> before
>>
>>> you decide go for training?  Feeling out the situation beforehand might 
>>> be
>>
>>> the way to approach this, just my opinion.
>>>
>>> Best of luck to you Tracy, and let us know what happens!
>>>
>>> Katie and the Jet
>>>
>>> -- Katie Crocker --
>>>
>>>> On May 23, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Sherry Gomes via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One company I worked for considered that time a reasonable 
>>>> accommodation
>>>> and
>>>> gave me the time off paid. Others have had me use vacation or sick 
>>>> time.
>>>> I'm
>>>> currently a contract employee, so my recent trip to GDB was completely
>>>> unpaid which was bad. sigh.
>>>>
>>>> Sherry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
>>>> Carcione
>>>> via nagdu
>>>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 6:34 AM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested to hear how people have arranged time off work to go 
>>>> to
>>>> class.
>>>> I am not keen to lose 3 weeks' pay.  I could use vacation time, if I am
>>>> careful about not taking much and saving some up.  I could try to work
>>>> during class, but I'm not sure that's a great idea.  Class is stressful
>>>> enough, without adding in work.  I would like to use some of my sick
>>>> days,
>>>> of which I have a whole heaping lot, but, last time, my boss could not
>>>> get
>>>> that idea through HR's tiny heads.  "She wants to use sick time to do
>>>> what?
>>>> Get a "guide dog?"".
>>>> Last time, the boss just made an arrangement on the QT, as a big favor.
>>>> How have other people arranged this?
>>>> Tracy
>>>>
>>>>
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