[nagdu] shorelining

[Jennie Facer]

I have the same problems with Delilah sometimes.  We are, however, working
hard at changing this behavior.  She is a very smart doggie and she is
getting the hint.

Jenn

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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
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From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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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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