[nagdu] Home and Away

Sat May 24 18:45:57 UTC 2014

I am glad to hear that GDB no longer does the night lectures. It felt like
we had very little down time. Even with more time or if you did in home
training, I still don't think that trying to work, even a little bit, is a
good idea. It is important to be able to focus on your dog, and, when you
are not doing something with your dog, to be able to relax. Also, at least
for me, I find that my mind is distracted if I know that I have to work at
some point.

Nicole

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
nagdu
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 10:37 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Home and Away

I've seen some people in class who did the Home and Away. They worked with
an individual trainer as I recall, not with the rest of the class. Then that
trainer came to their home area to work with them the rest of the time. I
could sure see some advantages to it, but it does seem as if it would be
hard to work. I suspect you would operate on an abbreviated work schedule if
you did this.

Cindy
On May 23, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:

> Has anyone done the TSE Home and Away?
> I think that would be excellent, because I could spend the last part of
training working on real situations, like teaching my dog how to navigate
the Port Authority bus terminal, for one thing.
> But does one actually have time to work and train both?  I gather from
others who have done home training that it was pretty intense.
> If anyone has experience with TSE's version, I'd like to hear about it.
> Tracy
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Edie via nagdu" 
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> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
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> 
>> Tracy,
>> 
>> Doesn't TSE have a "home and away" program where you only have to 
>> stay on campus for a week or 10 days, and then the trainer comes to 
>> your home area for the rest of the training?  Might this work out for 
>> you?  Or even entirely in-community training, since you are a veteran
guide dog handler?
>> 
>> Best,
>> Ann
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
>> Carcione via nagdu
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 7:09 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>> 
>> Oh yah, I'm going to start discussing it with my boss long before it 
>> happens.  I'm trying to get it all over before we start a big project 
>> sometime next Spring.
>> Thankfully, it's been a while since last time, but, as I recall, it 
>> took some time to arrange everything.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Katie Crocker via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>> 
>> 
>>> Sorry for the second email, I accidentally hit send on the first one 
>>> before it was done. *grin*
>>> 
>>> My employer saw training as a reasonable accommodation, so I did not 
>>> have to take any sick time or vacation time.  I work at a very small 
>>> nonprofit,
>> 
>>> so things like that happen I guess.  I'm lucky.  But most people I 
>>> know do
>> 
>>> have to take vacation time usually employers are pretty helpful when 
>>> it comes to finding a solution for this.  Can you perhaps ask about 
>>> it before
>> 
>>> you decide go for training?  Feeling out the situation beforehand 
>>> might be
>> 
>>> the way to approach this, just my opinion.
>>> 
>>> Best of luck to you Tracy, and let us know what happens!
>>> 
>>> Katie and the Jet
>>> 
>>> -- Katie Crocker --
>>> 
>>>> On May 23, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Sherry Gomes via nagdu 
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> One company I worked for considered that time a reasonable 
>>>> accommodation and gave me the time off paid. Others have had me use 
>>>> vacation or sick time.
>>>> I'm
>>>> currently a contract employee, so my recent trip to GDB was 
>>>> completely unpaid which was bad. sigh.
>>>> 
>>>> Sherry
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
>>>> Carcione via nagdu
>>>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 6:34 AM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>>>> 
>>>> I'd be interested to hear how people have arranged time off work to 
>>>> go to class.
>>>> I am not keen to lose 3 weeks' pay.  I could use vacation time, if 
>>>> I am careful about not taking much and saving some up.  I could try 
>>>> to work during class, but I'm not sure that's a great idea.  Class 
>>>> is stressful enough, without adding in work.  I would like to use 
>>>> some of my sick days, of which I have a whole heaping lot, but, 
>>>> last time, my boss could not get that idea through HR's tiny heads.  
>>>> "She wants to use sick time to do what?
>>>> Get a "guide dog?"".
>>>> Last time, the boss just made an arrangement on the QT, as a big favor.
>>>> How have other people arranged this?
>>>> Tracy
>>>> 
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