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

Thu Mar 28 20:36:41 UTC 2019

-----Original Message-----
From: Howard J. Levine [mailto:WB2HWW at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:35 PM
To: 'Chaim B. Segal'
Subject: RE: [NAGDU] Are there any schools which do home training in Ohio

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chaim B. Segal [mailto:chaimsegal1968 at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:47 PM
To: WB2HWW at earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Are there any schools which do home training in Ohio

Hi Howard:

Do you have a phone number or URL please?

Chaim

----- Original Message -----
From: Howard J. Levine  <WB2HWW at earthlink.net>
To: his'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:37 pm
Subject: RE: [NAGDU] Are there any schools which do home training in Ohio

>
>
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debra 
> Chandler via NAGDU
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 10:20 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: dchandler001 at carolina.rr.com; Chaim B. Segal
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Are there any schools which do home training in 
> Ohio
> 
> 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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