[NAGDU] Are there any schools which do home training in Ohio

[dchandler001 at carolina.rr.com]

Hi.  Pilot Dogs might provide home training for you but their dogs are not traffic trained, e.g. they believe in naturally occurring traffic checks instead of setting the dog up for traffic problems.  Could you go into Home and Away at Seeing Eye?  A lot or rather some of the schools outside of Ohio provide home training but not usually to first-time students.
Deb and Tally
---- "Chaim B. Segal via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
>  Hi Again:
> 
> As I mentioned in my last post, Yahtzee is 9 years old. I have worked him longer than any of my previous three Seeing Eye guides. As I am adamant that I want a German Shepherd as my next guide, Seeing Eye does not have a suitable match for me at this time. I'm not even sure their not having a match even has to do with the breed. I am tentatively scheduled to attend their October/November class this year, but due to upcoming circumstances I'm unsure I will be able to. I'll try to give a brief explanation:
> 
> I am starting training for a new job on April 8, doing collections for a company called Synchrony Financial. After my 4-week training, I have three months probation. During which, I can only take two personal days. It would seem that by October, I would be able to ask for a possible leave to train with the new guide. However, this year, the Jewish High Holy Day season and festival of Sukkot which follows starts on the evening of September 29 and lasts through October 22. Unfortunately, the festival days this year are mostly falling out on Monday and Tuesday. As an observant Jew, I am not allowed to work those days and will already be needing personal time off. And, for that matter, I'm unsure I will be entitled to that much and may have to compromise and work on some of the days when I am technically not allowed to. This being said, I am quite embarrassed to have to ask for so much time off after already asking for time off for observing the holidays. I considered switching to the cane for around a year until I can build up enough personal time to train. However, there are a few extremely busy intersections in my neighborhood which are key to walking most places, and I no longer feel comfortable attempting to cross these alone using my cane. 
> All this being said, I thought I would throw this one out here for the list. I know that there are some guide dog schools out there who have done home training with clients who have not even used dogs before. It's fair to say that I have a lot of experience, and, assuming the program has a good reputation, I feel I could benefit from being trained in my home environment just as well as at a school at this point. Once my job training finishes in May, I will be working a second shift except on Sundays. Perhaps, if it could be arranged, I could train with a new guide in the morning and early afternoon before going to work for the day. Other than Seeing Eye's Home And Away training, which I did with Yahtzee, I honestly don't know much about home training, and if any school out there would agree to let me solely home train on account of my current circumstances. Does anybody out there have any experience with this? Is there a particular school that I should consider contacting? While I feel loyalty to Seeing Eye, I also have anxiety concerning maneuvering the streets with a cane. Without a guide dog, I tend to have a problem with veering. 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any info.
> 
> Chaim
> 
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