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

Mon Aug 26 03:38:29 UTC 2019

Hi Amanda,
I'll answer your questions, but can you please email me privately? My email
address is:
maddymartin at mymts.net 
Thanks
Madison

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at guide dog foundation

Hi Madison,
I would like to get a guide dog as well. Are you going to apply anywhere
else? Where are you from and how old are you?
Thanks,

Amanda

> On Aug 25, 2019, at 7:27 PM, Madison Martin via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> Hi Amanda,
> No, but I am planning on applying to that school. Why do you ask? 
> Madison
> 
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> via NAGDU
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> dogs at guide dog foundation
> 
> Interesting article. 
> Madison, do you have a guide dog from the guide dog foundation of America?
> Amanda
> 
>> On Aug 24, 2019, at 3:00 PM, Madison Martin via NAGDU 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eric Calhoun [mailto:eric at pmpmail.com]
>> Sent: August-24-19 3:11 AM
>> To: chat at guidedogusersinc.org
>> Subject: [GDUI Chat] FW: [angelsonges] training guide dogs at guide 
>> dog
> foundation
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Original Message: 
>> From: "Arlene" <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
>> To: <angelsonges at groups.io>
>> Subject: [angelsonges] training guide dogs at guide dog foundation
>> Date: 
>> Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:44:19 -0500
>> 
>> 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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