[nagdu] Pilot test walk

[L Gwizdak]

Hi Buddy,
I think the issue here is that doing the drop offs was too stressful on the 
trainers who have to do more in today's econimy and school structures. 
Seeing Eye doesn't do this.  They feel that we all have enough to do by 
concentrating on how to use our dogs correctly than having to spend time 
learning the geography of a town we don't live in.  We get the skills but 
can transfer it all to our home areas or when traveling.  They didn't feel 
this practice was productive in our adjusting to new dogs.

I  am not familiar with this practice of drops offs but have heard about it 
from people from other schools.

Lyn
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the National 
Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pilot test walk


> Wow, I’m really sorry to hear that GDB has stopped the drop offs. Too 
> stressful? Really? Hey, it’s life, people. Wow, don’t get me started. I 
> also had a great time with the drop offs. I wanted extra ones! The 
> “Miracle Mile”, however, was a joke. Absolute joke. Ah well.
>
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> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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>> On Aug 29, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I think getting directions from passers-by is a skill, one that's worth
>> learning and takes a bit of practice.
>> In my first couple classes at GDB, we did a drop-off route.  The trainer
>> would let each student out of the van somewhere, and the student had to
>> find his or her way back to the downtown lounge.  My first time in class,
>> I was shy of asking strangers for directions, and the drop-off started me
>> getting over that real quick.
>> GDB has since stopped doing the drop-off because people thought it was 
>> too
>> stressful.  I thought it was fun, myself. And good practice for those
>> times I've gotten lost.
>> Tracy
>>
>>> It's kind of like the little tests that some mobility instructors
>>> give their students, you know, go to such-and-such and bring back
>>> something.  I'm assuming though that instructors are nearby in
>>> case of a problem? And how perfect does the walk have to be? And
>>> what about asking questions of passers-by? Are you allowed to do
>>> that if you get really lost? Is it testing your orientation
>>> skills or your dog handling skills? They aren't necessarily the
>>> same thing.  I can be lost but still work well with my dog.  (I
>>> know, because I have such a cruddy sense of direction that it
>>> happens).  Well, I'd best get going.  It's time to go to work.
>>> Sigh.  Thank God, and I mean literally thank God for a three-day
>>> weekend coming soon.    Peace,    Debby and Miss Neena
>>>
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