[nagdu] street crossings

[Susan Jones]

My Rhoda does that in a couple of instances, where the ramp is on the side,
and not on the edge that faces me.
However, usually, she takes me to the place where the sidewalk continues,
regardless where that is, not necessarily straight across.
Some corners are just a little offset, but she handles those just as a
normal pedestrian would.

HTH.
Susan & Rhoda
 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie J
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:01 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] street crossings

When you cross a street with your guide dog, do you cross straight across no
matter where that lands you on the far curb or does your dog target the
pedestrian pathway?  What happens if you aren't lined up absolutely
perfectly, does the dog automatically correct the error or do you end up in
a straight line from where you were aimed?  I'm meaning a small bit of
misalignment, not 45 degrees off.

I'm asking because I've trained my guides to target the up
curb/sidewalk/path regardless of where it is.  Then I was reading  something
or another on the internet where some guide dogs are apparently taught to go
straight across and then make a 90 degree turn to get to the sidewalk.  That
seems way weird to me.  

Thoughts?
Julie


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