[nagdu] shorelining

[Sherri]

Anna Lisa, I remember you from the last NFB convention. Sounds like your dog 
and my dog Bailey have similar inclinations. Anyway, the trainers at Leader 
told me it is a very difficult behavior to change. In other words, "Deal 
with it."
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AnnaLisa Anderson" <annalisa at sector14.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] shorelining


> At Leader we learn shorelining on the left side of the road or street with
> no sidewalk.  The term we are taught is "left shoulder."  They don't train
> the dogs to walk on the right shoulder, I think because of the traffic
> visibility thing.  Sundance does tend to bear left a lot more than my
> previous dog did.  I asked my trainer about that, and he said some dogs 
> will
> do that more than others.  I have used clicker training to help teach her 
> to
> walk on the right when needed, but she still prefers walking on the left 
> if
> she can.  On walking trails especially, it can be dangerous walking on the
> left shoulder when you share the trail with bikers, so I keep her to the
> right as much as possible.  I don't like walking on the left in wide
> hallways either, though on wide sidewalks I let her walk more toward the
> left unless there's something in the way.
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
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