[nagdu] Bad weather and class

[Doug Parisian]

Tracy, some folks living in deep freezes have no choice about the 
weather.  I doubt that my past employers would be impressed by my not 
getting to work because my dog and I couldn't manage sleep, ice, and 
snow, and oh yes, cold.  Our average temperature around here for the 
past month has been sitting around the minus 10 Fahrenheit. This does 
not count wind chill.  Cars being much more important than us low-life 
pedestrians, the roads are mostly scraped down to the concrete while our 
sidewalks, when they get to it. are a mixture of almost clear to packed 
down.  Curbs are most often ill-defined or not at all.  I have crossed 
streets in these conditions without being aware that I had done so, 
especially in less familiar areas.

All this to say that, were I at TSI this winter, I would absolutely 
insist that we do training routs, regardless of weather, unless of 
course it is seriously extreme, according to my Winnipeg standards. 
Softer souls in warmer climates should indeed have the choice as to 
whether or not to go on trips.  Perhaps the only exception might be a 
first time trainee whose relationship with their new dog is, you guessed 
it, new.

On 14/02/2014 9:07 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
> It seems like, here in Jersey, we've had a major storm every week for 
> at least the last month, and, even when there's no storm, it's been 
> very cold.
> I wonder how the schools around here are handling it.  Do people just 
> go out, unless it's actually blizzarding, and stomp through the snow 
> as best they can?  I would have a hard time judging my new dog's pace, 
> if all the time we were walking carefully on ice, or maneuvering down 
> narrow shovelled paths.  And in my book, one or two trips to the mall 
> exhausts the possibilities for learning anything useful there.
> Or, I suppose, they could come into New York City a lot more, because 
> the City tends to clean the main walkways pretty well.  A lot better 
> than my town does, for sure.
> I wonder what Leader does, since bad weather is a constant in Michigan 
> winters?
> Anyone been in class in the northern part of the country during 
> January or February, with lots of snow?
> I'd be real interested to hear about it.
> Tracy
>
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