[nagdu] Questions about Pilot

[Kerri Stovall]

> Good morning listers,
> Hey there from Texas. I was just curious if any of you Pilot Dogs graduates would be willing to either write me off list, or continue this thread with some information about the training techniques and methods that Pilot uses. What are the typical training walks like? How do they differ from other schools' methods of training? Just any info possible is great. I have heard conflicting things about Pilot training you to pick up after your dog, and some pilot grads I have heard from say no. Things like that make me curious. I'm going to be a third time guide hander, so I'm not too concerned with it since I already know how, but it'll be good to be aware of how other grads have experienced this particular school, since this is my first time to go there. I went to Seeing Eye twice, so their methods may be similar or completely different. I'd like to know what they train the dogs to do other than the obvious, guiding, such as finding things or certain commands. I'd also like to hear people's perspectives on anything else I didn't touch on, such as what they teach in their daily lectures,  crate training,  and I have heard from others that you take your dog out quite a bit more than I've ever done. What do the trainers recommend for certain behaviors? Ok, that's plenty of things to start with, but if I missed something, please fill me in, either off here or in this message.
> Thank you in advance, and I'm looking forward to October when they'll possibly be done training the new litter of poodles and I get a call to let me know about it. My email address is: spedangel84 at gmail.com

> Talk soon,
> Kerri

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