[nagdu] blind clicker training methods / Shaman was good

[Linda Gwizdak]

Hi Mardi,
Didn't know your dog was quite large! (grin!)

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] blind clicker training methods / Shaman was good


> Hi Linda, I used to do it that way with lily, and Nala would go up on the
> lift first. Lily was a smaller dog than Shaman.If Shaman were to stand on 
> my
> foot rests,his head would be over my shoulder. With this arrangement , I
> find it very hard to use my cane as the dogs body is in the way. The dog 
> has
> to get into position before getting on the lift because if I get on the 
> lift
> first the dog has no room to even get on to the foot rests and get his 
> body
> up on me.I need to use the cane to get on the lift and make sure I am all
> the way on before the lift goes up. Also Shaman is a much heavier dog than
> Lily was and it is very uncomfortable to have that much weight on top of
> me.Shaman prefers to go up the steps rather than ride up the lift.It is 
> also
> faster that way as otherwise the lift has to be deployed twice,once for 
> the
> dog and the second time for me.If he goes up the steps, then the lift only
> has to be deployed once.Time is a concern with these bus drivers as they
> always seem to be running late and trying to hurry me. That is the reason 
> I
> do it this way. Also these lifts are old and they are not kept in good
> repair. They frequently falter with just the weight of me and the chair on
> it. I am afraid it would break down with the added weight of the dog,me 
> and
> the chair. I once saw this happen with a very large woman and her 
> chair.The
> lift suddenly fell. hitting the ground hard and injuring the woman. Thanks
> any way for the suggestion. Have a great day,  Mardi and Shaman and Nala,
> retired.
>
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