[nagdu] Questions about Pilot

[Marianne Denning]

I am not a Pilot grad but I live in Ohio and know several of them.
The one big difference that comes up over and over is that Pilot does
not do traffic checks.

On 3/30/15, Kerri Stovall via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 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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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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