[nagdu] street crossings

[Nicole B. Torcolini]

For me and my Lexia, it depends.  If I don't care if I land at the up ramp 
and straight is the most important thing to me or if the up ramp is 
straight, then it is straight.  There are a few places where I know that the 
ramp is in a safe place and I will let and even encourage Lexia to take me 
to the ramp.  This is not confusing to her as she seems to have a very good 
grasp on the idea that different situations require different actions.  For 
example, she understands that going up a regular staircase means just going 
without stopping.  However, if it is one of those staircases in a movie 
theater or auditorium that has the steps that are about two strides in 
length, she understands that I want her to stop for each one.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Jones" <sblanjones11 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] street crossings


> 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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