[nagdu] How Many Routes With Planned Traffic Checks at Your School

Sat Sep 8 21:31:06 UTC 2012

The Seeing Eye staff tell you in ing beginning that there will be unplanned traffic checks but after that, you're not told—it just happens out of the blue. 

Margo and Arrow

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1f#c 1@/ev#e 1johnson <blinddog3 at charter.net>
1to#c #h'11nagdu 1mail at + 1li@/#a 6 1;n1nal 1associ1;n 7 1guide 1dog 1u7's#'j <nagdu at nfbnet.org>,
Date: Saturday, Sep 8, 2012 12:18:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] How Many Routes With Planned Traffic Checks at Your School

>
>
> Hi Terrie,
> As a recent graduate of leader Dog and actually a 4th timer, they have
> actually increased the number of times they perform traffic checks.  They
> will generally inform us that we may receive one or two or whatever on that
> day, but as you would suspect, we don't know when or where.  The other great
> thing is that in some cases like has happened to me, we have had natural
> traffic checks as well which really help to build that dog's confidence.
> The other thing that LD does and I am assuming other training programs as
> well, but they use hybrid cars which are not always audible for us as
> handlers, but that moving vehicle is what the dog reacts to.  I was in the
> accelerated program, so my time was a little shortened to only that of 10
> training days, but we had at least 3 days of traffic checks in that I
> remember.
> 
> Steve & Bennett
> 
> 
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> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Terrie Terlau
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:07 AM
> To: 'Nagdu Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: [nagdu] How Many Routes With Planned Traffic Checks at Your School
> 
> Hi everyone,
> I am very interested in knowing from graduates of a variety of schools
> whether your school had an instructor provide a planned traffic check and if
> so how many routes or outings this happened on. I am not comparing in terms
> of being judgmental, but I am curious as to how various schools handle this.
> Having only been to Seeing Eye, I don't know first-hand what other schools
> do and am very interested.
> 
> My memory from 2002 is that Seeing Eye has someone do traffic checks on 2 or
> 3 days, probably 4 or 5 routes. Does this sound right to more recent grads?
> How about other schools?
> 
> Looking forward to learning,
> Terrie
> 
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> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Shannon Dyer
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:12 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] GDF traffic training was re: Seeking suggestions for
> how to maintain a dog's traffic training
> 
> Yes. I would say the traffic training is like that of other schools. I'm not
> sure what this other practice is. When I've talked with people from other
> schools about their experiences with traffic training, they've seemed very
> much like what I've experienced on class at GDF.
> 
> Shannon and Ace
> Shannon Dyer
> Alumni Council Member,
> Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc
> R  and
> America's VetDogsR,  The Veteran's K-9 Corps Inc R Providing "Second Sight"
> R since 1946
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> 
> On Sep 7, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > For the most part I am assuming that they do their traffic training 
> > just
> as other schools. But Terrie mentioned a different practice that no one else
> did, and I was curious of what that is? 
> > 
> > Waiting anixously for my class and my new pup!
> > 
> > Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
> > 
> > On Sep 7, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Shannon Dyer <solsticesinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi.
> >> 
> >> What kinds of things are you wanting to know? I'm happy to help if I 
> >> know
> what information you're looking for.
> >> 
> >> Shannon and Ace
> >> Shannon Dyer
> >> Alumni Council Member,
> >> Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc R  and America's VetDogsR,  
> >> The Veteran's K-9 Corps Inc R Providing "Second Sight" R since 1946
> >> 371 E. Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787
> >> Office: 631-930-9000, Toll-free: 866-282-8047 
> >> solsticesinger at gmail.com To make a donation that can change a 
> >> life...cctact the Guide Dog
> Foundation at
@@@> @>@> www.guidedog.org
> >> or America's VetDogs the Veterans K-9 Corps at www.vetdogs.org Visit 
> >> us on facebook at:
> >> www.facebook.com/GuideDogFoundation or 
@@@> @>@> www.facebook.com/AmericasVetDogs
> >> 
@@@> @>@> 1on 1sep #g1 #bjab1 at #i3jh 11am1 1m>à 1dr5? <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I would like to know more about the GDF traffic training, I'm going 
> >>> into
> class in just a few weeks. 
> >>> 
> >>> thank you,
> >>> 
> >>> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
> >>> 
> >>> On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:46 PM, "Terrie Terlau" <terrieter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>> Guide Dog Foundation teaches their students a technique for doing
> traffic
> >>>> checks with their dogs. This is the only school that I know of that
> does
> >>>> this. Seeing Eye has said not to do so. Sometimes dogs work pretty
> close to
> >>>> cars, at least close enough that the public thinks there is a 
> >>>> problem
> when
> >>>> there is not. But the best thing to do if you are concerned about 
> >>>> your
> dog's
> >>>> traffic work is to call your school and get someone out who really
> knows
> >>>> what to look for. I would trust the opinions of very few O&M
> instructors and
> >>>> probably not the opinion of a sighted friend because they don't 
> >>>> know
> how
> >>>> close is too close in terms of whether a dog is really paying 
> >>>> attention
> to
> >>>> traffic and doing it right.
> >>>> JMO.
> >>>> Best,
> >>>> Terrie Terlau
> >>>> 
@@@> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> >>>> Of Bryan Jones
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 10:42 AM
> >>>> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
> >>>> Subject: [nagdu] Seeking suggestions for how to maintain a dog's
> traffic
> >>>> training
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hi Folks,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Reading another thread that mentions traffic-check training methods
> used at
> >>>> school got me wondering about ways to safely maintain me and my 
> >>>> dog's traffic training. can any of you share any methods you use to 
> >>>> maintain
> your
> >>>> dog's traffic training? My pup has always cut things very close in
> relation
> >>>> to motor vehicles, whether parked or moving, but recently I feel 
> >>>> she's
> been
> >>>> cutting things even closer.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks in advance for your thoughts, Bryan
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
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