[nagdu] ranting

[Wayne Merritt]

My guide does the same thing at some important doors at work, such as
stairwell doors, and other doors. Actually, she may be crossing in
front of me because the door opens outward and the hinges are on the
left. I hadn't thought of it before, but it makes sense. In these
times, my dog comes partly in front of me and points with her head
where the handle of the door is. It's really neat to feel that through
the harness.

Wayne

On 10/21/09, Joy Relton <jrelton at verizon.net> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> I would say that it isn't all that uncommon for dogs to cross in front of
> you at the top of the stairs. It's usually not a full body cross but they
> often do a slight cross at the top of the stairs. My dogs have all crossed
> and put their nose on the right-hand rail of the escalators because I showed
> them that that was what I wanted. I suspect that dogs cross more or less
> depending on the comfort that you have with stairs. Of course, crossing, as
> I say doesn't mean full body crossing, but often their head and their nose
> comes across in front of you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Albert J Rizzi
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:33 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] ranting
>
>
> Crossing in front of a stair to guide you to the banister or railing is not
> the norm for a guide dog to do? My dog was trained to do that from the very
> beginning. Good thing you worked that out in your training and adapting
> together at home.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of d m gina
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:33 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] ranting
>
> Gee that was kind of you,
> when my dog is left alone, his work is tops.
> Or he would do as your dog did, reach out for more pets.
> His thinking is, if you can shake hands I can get petted.
> then I know he isn't doing his job.
> >From the fall I had, he now crosses in front of me at a flight of
>>stairs.
> I have worked with him to take me to the rite rail.
> this is a set of steps at church.
> then I don't have to switch him to use the bracing harness.
> I can use this with my left hand, holding the rail with the rite.
>
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