[NAGDU] some questions about The Seeing Eye

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Kerri.
I was at TSE 3 years ago, and 2006 before that, I think.
The major changes were adding fire doors.  Now, there is a fire door between
each living corridor and the lounge space, which makes the living space
quieter.  The stairs are also behind a closed door.  So there's a lot more
opening and closing doors than there used to be.
The equipment is the same, though the last conference call talked about the
new lightweight handles they're researching.  I'd love to have one of those.
I did not have to see an ophthalmologist, but then I'm totally blind and my
vision never changes.  I don't recall a question about it on the medical,
but I may have forgotten.
I did have a Juno walk, but I am fairly close to the school, and don't know
what happens with people further away.

Good luck with the whole process.  It was pretty painless--well, if you
don't count the usual worries about getting away and getting a new dog.
Tracy


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Subject: [NAGDU] some questions about The Seeing Eye

Hi list,
I have very recently, after long and hard thought and consideration, decided
that retiring my current guide dog would be the best for me, and for her as
well, due to some major behaviors and some extremely unacceptable behavior
from her school. Therefore, I have decided to go back to The Seeing Eye
where I received my first 2 dogs, but it's been 12 years since I went there,
and I know they have done some major renovations to the main building where
the students stay, and probably redone or made changes to things outside the
building too. So, I'm wondering, from all you TSE grads out there who have
gone since 2006, what's changed and what's the same? Same harnesses with the
screw-on handle? Same commands or any changes in student instruction? I know
there are changes in staff members, and I'll learn those eventually when I
go, but I'm more interested in things like whether they still have the big
cement parking area for dog relief, or is it more private now like some
schools have, and
  if they still do things like give you the pans of food the first week and
then you get them the rest of the time? I also noticed that the class time
has been shortened for both new students and retrains, which is also good.
Anyway, any insight would be great, and I'd enjoy any stories about your
training there, or what you have seen improved or changed, etc.
Thanks for responding, and hopefully the application process won't take too
much time, since I put in my replacement app and already one medical form
has been sent back within a 3 day period. I'd also be interested to know if
retrains still get a home interview or if they have to still go get an eye
exam or have an opthalmologist report, or do they go on the previous record?
Looking forward to all of your responses. Thanks a lot, and have a great
weekend to all.
Kerri


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