[nagdu] Home and Away

Sean Robertson via nagdu nagdu at nfbnet.org
Sun May 25 16:09:06 UTC 2014


That's why this next time. I'm going to a school.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peggy via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Home and Away


>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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