[stylist] Portland

[EvaMarie Sanchez]

The majority of schools have a training period for newbys of about 4 weeks.
GDB, which is where Atty is going to, has changed their newby training to 2
weeks only about a year and a half ago. Most of the schools do 2 weeks for
returns, but feel that 2 weeks is not enough for newbys. There is
constantly discussion about this on the NAGDU list if you are interested.
What I always suggest to people though is research all of the schools
online. Pick out a few that seem to have what you like and then call those.
Talk to the trainers at those schools and narrow it down until you are left
with one. That is the school for you.
If you ask and rely on other people's opinions, you may get good advice but
you may just as likely get something that does not fit for you. We all want
and need different things out of the schools and our dogs. The schools all
have pros and cons and no one knows exactly what is best for you better
than you do.
Well, that said, good luck Atty. I hope you get the perfect dog for you.
Eve

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On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Debby Phillips via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Bridgit, the dogs are trained generally for three to four months before
> students arrive at school.  Then it depends on which school you go to.
> When I got my first dog from Seeing Eye in 1981, I was there for 26 days.
> I really felt like I needed all the time there that I could have, since she
> was my first dog.  Now Seeing Eye has shortened their classes by a couple
> days, and this year they did a pilot program of having a two-week class
> with people who had had dogs before.  We are usually called retrains, (or
> retreads).  Lol.  Anyway, I've probably rambled on more than any of you
> wanted to know about training for dogs and people.  I'm going to go put
> away some much-neglected laundry now.    Debby and Nova my superstar.
>
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