[nagdu] shorelining

[Ann Chiappetta]

If someone asks why your dog hugs the left side, tell them you were trained 
in Europe or austrailia. Smile.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] shorelining


> At Leader, we were taught if we were walking along the edge of a street 
> where there is no sidewalk to teach "Follow the curb". If we were walking 
> along a road such as in rural travel, "Follow the shoulder".
>
> I do have difficulty, as Bailey is an extremely left-walking dog and it is 
> difficult to get her to follow the right side when shorelining. She also 
> tends to walk down the left side of the sidewalk, the left side of the 
> hall, etc. This can create problems.
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 7:50 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] shorelining
>
>
>> Julie asked about how different programs train for shorelining.
>>
>> I can tell you what GDF does these days.
>>
>> There is a lecture about the "straight line" concept which explains how 
>> the
>> dogs are taught to walk just left of center on a sidewalk. Then, there is
>> another short lecture and individual teaching about shorelining or 
>> country
>> travel.
>>
>> We always worked a left shoreline on country walks, those without 
>> sidewalks.
>> GDF does have commands "over left" and "over right" which mean that the 
>> dog
>> should move over that direction slightly but the command I was taught to 
>> use
>> when working a road without sidewalks where I need to shoreline was "stay
>> left" or "stay right".
>>
>> They began teaching a right shoreline as a test back in the mid '90's. My
>> last two classes, 2005 and 2008, it was part of class.
>>
>> I find that where I live, due to curving road and poor lines of sight for
>> drivers, it's safer to work the right side of several roads. My 
>> instructor
>> put a lot of work into his dogs doing right shoulder work, as we call it,
>> because he said it is the harder of the two shoreline methods to teach 
>> and
>> reinforce. I have to say that Swap is extremely good at it too.
>>
>> These shorelining techniques can also be used to navigate parking lots.
>>
>> I think the country walks, especially during the home training part of my
>> recent training with Swap, are the most exhausting for me. In the 
>> beginning,
>> until you learn the dog's moves and trust him or her to keep that perfect
>> alignment with the edge, it takes a lot of monitoring.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jenine Stanley
>> jeninems at wowway.com
>>
>>
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