[NAGDU] FW: [GDUI Chat] FW: [angelsonges] training guide dogs at guide dog foundation

Sun Aug 25 23:27:51 UTC 2019

Hi Amanda,
No, but I am planning on applying to that school. Why do you ask? 
Madison

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Interesting article. 
Madison, do you have a guide dog from the guide dog foundation of America?
Amanda

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> If you know of anyone that recently trained with a guide dog from guide
dog foundation or has had dogs from the school, pass this story to them.
> PUPS & PLANES Guide dog Gil learns what it takes to lead Meghan Giannotta
meghan.giannotta at amny.com news section, newsday 8-13-2019 This is the third
installment in our Gil's Journey series, where we track the progress of a
pup in training with the Guide Dog Foundation. Check out his paw-some
updates at amNY.com/Gil and follow him on Instagram at #GuideDogGil. Guide
Dog Gil and his pals snarled human traffic at JFK this week when they
stopped in Terminal
> 4 to partake
> in a puppy class with the Guide Dog Foundation. At just about 4'months
old, our Gil -'who's learning to assist a blind or otherwise visually
impaired individual -'was a bit too young to be a participant in the
training session with the big dogs twice his age. Instead, he got to lead
the pack with his mom,'Guide Dog Foundation Puppy program panager Lorin
Bruzzese. Teaching the class, Bruzzese showed'a group of five other pups and
their volunteer trainers how to keep their dogs focused in the busy terminal
while Gil demonstrated class tasks. He loose-leash (a relaxed, tension-free
> leash) walked near the other pups, practiced concentration when tempted
with a fun tennis ball and showed off his "sit" and "stay" skills'around
strangers.
> "Gil did
> really well while I was running puppy class. It's a challenge to not have
my total focus, because he is very interested in eye contact and receiving
feedback from me,"'said Bruzzese, 24, who's been working with Gil since he
was a few'weeks old.
> "While I'm
> teaching puppy class, my focus is not entirely on training him because
we're working with and guiding the other handlers, but he handled it really
well.
> Gil'also posed
> for'a few photos with his traveler'fans. "This was the first time that the
Guide Dog Foundation has come to Kennedy airport," said'Joanne O'Connell,
the in-transit and companion animal director for The Ark at JFK. As a Guide
Dog Foundation volunteer of 11 years,'O'Connell'helped the foundation secure
rare access to use the terminal as a training ground. "An experience like
this is so unique," said Bruzzese. "To allow them to move through security
and experience a lot of the distractions that are going on around us, it's
something that they most often would not experience until they're
traveling'with their full-time permanent handler. While a certified guide
dog is allowed full access in the airport and on a plane to assist their
handler while traveling, those still in training require preapproval. "When
they're young, the more distractions you introduce them to, the better it
is. We take them on the subway, out to dinner, to the bank," said O'Connell,
whose current guide dog in training Roisin took part in the class. The
youngest in the group, she's used to joining her mom at The Ark, which
opened JFK's Pet Oasis, an in-transit facility for animals, in 2017. "It is
so common that people travel with their pets," she said,'"much more than you
would even think. When Gil, Roisin, and their other pals are guide dog
graduates, they'll be able to cruise through Terminal 4 without being
distracted by the rolling suitcases or crowds of people and pets. "When a
guide dog is traveling on a plane, they'd be doing tasks like leading them
onto the plane and helping them find an open seat, though there would likely
be assistance from staff on the plane,"'Bruzzese explained. "They'll be
resting under foot and that's a good example of why we teach 'under. Once I
find a place in a seat, he scoots himself 'under' and earns a reward.
> Want to train a guide dog puppy? You can apply to become a puppy raising
volunteer with the Guide Dog Foundation here.
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