[nagdu] shorelining

[Sherri]

There's a thought. She's a really good dog, but loves that left side. Anyone 
have any advice to train her to walk more to the right? Leader says it's a 
very difficult behavior to train out of them. When she is to the extreme 
left of a hallway, people can usually get around us. *lol.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Chiappetta" <dungarees at optonline.net>
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Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] shorelining


> 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>
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>> 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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