[NAGDU] GDA

[dchandler001 at carolina.rr.com]

Hi Jordan and others.  I'm not familiar with GDA so can't comment on that particular school.  When a school talks about handling skills, a lot of it has to do with arm strength so that one can give a firm correction to the dog.  I don't know if this is the issue.  My left arm isn't extremely strong so this has affected the matches I've received in the past.
Deb and Tally
---- Julie Johnson via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
> Ummm...I've not been to a guide dog program, so it's quite possible I'm 
> missing something obvious here.  Still, I thought the whole point to 
> attending a program was so that they could teach you the skills needed to 
> handle the dog?
> If they said you didn't have sufficient orientation skills, I could wrap my 
> head around that. Or if they said you lived in a place where the dog 
> wouldn't be able to help much or you only went out once a month or 
> something.  Not having good enough handling skills just makes no sense to 
> me.
> 
> Julie
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dan Weiner via NAGDU
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:03 AM
> To: Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU
> Cc: Dan Weiner
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] GDA
> 
> Hello, Jordan, if someone told me that I'd want specifics as to what
> exactly the skills are I don't have, otherwise I wouldn't take it too
> seriously except that they're trying to brush you off which isn't good,
> see if you can pin them down.
> 
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Dan
> 
> On 2/19/2019 6:50 PM, Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU wrote:
> > I find it really odd that GDA is telling me that I do not have the  > 
> > skills to handle a guide dog when field reps from a couple other >
> schools have told me that I am a great handler. In fact, the last > two
> field reps to tell me that were just plain surprised that I was > not
> willing or wanting to send Belto back like others might have and >
> probably would have done with the isues he had even at the > beginning.
> My field rep from the school where I received September > was the same
> and had tried at one point to talk me into retiring her, > and to this
> day neither he or I can figure out what did it to get her > working
> properly until she was attacked. GDF, GEB, and Southeastern > are the
> other schools I am looking into at this point. > > Jordan > >
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