[NAGDU] Questions about American Guide Dog Programs

[dchandler001 at carolina.rr.com]

I'm sure Seeing Eye accepts students from Canada but not sure about other countries.  I found last night's presentation re GDB very interesting.  However I don't agree with such a food-driven approach to training.  I personally am not going to fill my pockets with treats every time I work my dog and reward my dog with a treat every time it does something correctly.  The clicker is fine for certain behaviors like  finding a traffic light pole.  But I'm just not comfortable with using treats as reinforcers on a regular basis.
Deb and Tally
---- Tracy Lloyd via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
> I too would be interested to discover which, if any, of the US schools will 
except applications from other countries, especially european ones?  I'm in 
the UK, and had thought that only Pilot would take applications from the UK 
and Europe.  anyone have any more info?

Tracy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Leye-Shprintse Öberg via NAGDU
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בס’ד

Danielle,

Thank you for your answer. Now, I know where I’ll start my research.

Sandra,

Some American guide dog programs accept international students and some 
others don’t do it.

לשלום,
Leye-Shprintse Oeberg
Sweden


19 maj 2019 kl. 22:37 skrev Sandra Gayer via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>:
>
> Hello,
> I thought you have to live in America to apply for a dog from an
> American school. Can an applicant be domiciled in another part of the
> world entirely and still apply to an American school? I only ask
> because I couldn't help noticing Sweden at the end of the first email
> in this thread.
>
> Very best wishes,
> Sandra.
>
>> On 5/19/19, Danielle Sykora via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> The US programs that give ownership upon graduation are Seeing Eye, GDF, 
>> and
>> Freedom for sure, and I believe Pilot and GDA as well. Other programs 
>> either
>> give ownership after a period of time, or say they give ownership but 
>> still
>> have the ability to remove the dog in some situations.
>>
>> In terms of positive training methods, basically everyone is going to 
>> tell
>> you the program they went to used positive methods because obviously you
>> can't train a dog without rewarding them for their appropriate behavior. 
>> The
>> two programs that come to mind that truly strive to use the most positive
>> methods possible are GDB and GDF.
>> Danielle
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 19, 2019, at 3:02 PM, Leye-Shprintse Öberg via NAGDU
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> בס’ד
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I’m researching guide dog programs for my next guide dog. I wonder which
>>> guide dog programs give ownership to the guide dog handler after
>>> graduation and which dittos use positive training methods with their 
>>> dogs?
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> לשלום,
>>> Leye-Shprintse Oeberg
>>> Sweden
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