[nagdu] Test Walk?

[Tracy Carcione]

But it sounds like the Pilot folks are taking the city bus, which imho is
more challenging than a bunch of students being driven downtown in the
school's bus.  Actually, given the number of times a bus has passed me by,
or the driver has forgotten to announce my stop, it could be a lot more
challenging.  But maybe the Columbus bus drivers are used to Pilot
students waiting at that stop, and don't just breeze on by.
Tracy


> GDB kind of does that. We had several bus to lounge routes. The bus would
> park a few blocks from the lounge, and we would get out one or two at a
> time
> (I cannot remember which) and walk to the lounge. We all started from the
> same departure point, though. The trainers would hide themselves along the
> route to watch us and distract our dogs. The dog distraction thing did not
> usually work, though, because, by that time, we were used to the trainers
> trying to distract our dogs. It was actually a lot of fun. Sometimes, if
> one
> dog team left the bus not long after another, the second team would try to
> catch up and over take the team ahead of them. There were a couple of dogs
> in the class who enjoyed walking fast.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "loriandleo" <loriandleo at ohiohills.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Test Walk?
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>
>> Hi Nicole,
>>
>> When I went to Leader to train with Leo my German Shepherd back in 2005,
>> the trainers would take us out in the mini bus and drive around for a
>> while
>> and then the trainer would drop   two students and their dogs off at
>> different locations and tell us where were getting dropped off at. And
>> the
>> trainer would tell us to find our way back to the training center. And
>> the
>> trainers would be out and about watching us. This was called our Mystery
>> walk.  The trainers wanted to see how well the student and dog worked
>> together on their own and that the student and dog are safe when out
>> walking.  we could ask for directions if needed.
>>
>> I really enjoyed this drop off mystery walk  that I had to do. It showed
>> to
>> the trainers that I could safely work and trust in my dog when out and
>> about
>> walking and that if I needed help because  of not being sure of where
>> I'm
>> at
>> that I can ask for some assistance and directions from someone if I
>> needed
>> to.  I have to say my dog and I and the other student and her dog  that
>> I
>> was with, we both found are way back to the training center just
>> figureing
>> out where were at together and working as a team.
>>
>> When I went to train with Gipp last December, the trainers were no
>> longer
>> dropping students and their dogs off and telling them to find their way
>> back to the training center. Take care.
>>
>> Lori and theGipper
>>
>>
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