[NAGDU] Faster training times. Is this a growing trend?

Tara Briggs thflute at gmail.com
Fri Aug 17 19:18:50 UTC 2018


 Hey Tracy! Sorry about the dictation mistake. I listen back but I don’t always catch them. I accidentally sent my friend a text message with the mother of all swearwords in the middle of it. For some crazy reason I completely missed it. We had a good laugh about it. Anyway, if there are any GDB graduates on this list, what do you think about the shorter training times? How short are they? I would love to hear your thoughts.
Tara

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> On Aug 17, 2018, at 12:30 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tara.
> I've done the schedule you're doing at TSE twice, and it's been fine.  A couple of my classmates had dog switches, so had to stay extra with the first-timers, but that's a great thing about the way TSE runs classes--retrains get out early, unless there's a problem.
> I do think first-timers need more time to get accustomed to working a dog, as well as getting into good habits of work and care.  I think GDB is offering everyone very short classes, and I'm not sure that's a good thing.  But then it's been a long time since I was a first-timer, and maybe it's not as hard as I remember.  
> I think, overall, it's a good thing.  Most of us have active lives, and it can be hard to get away.
> 
> I'm very amused that your message said "guy ducks" for Guide Dogs!  Dictation, I guess.
> Tracy
> 
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> Subject: [NAGDU] Faster training times. Is this a growing trend?
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> Hi all! I recently got the wonderful news that I will be going to get my new puppy on September 24. I will be going to the seeing eye. Back in 2009, I arrived on the Saturday and we got our dogs on Monday afternoon. This time, I will be arriving on Monday and we will get our dogs on Wednesday morning. This arrival on a Monday means that our training at the Seeing Eye has been shortened by two days. I gather that other kind of schools have done a similar shortening of training. I think that guy ducks the blind has shortened their training by quite a bit although I don’t know this for sure. Anyway, am I accurate in saying this is a growing trend among Guide dog training schools? If so, what are anyone’s thoughts or experiences? Thanks!
> Tara
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