[nagdu] street crossings

[Ioana Gandrabur]

HI Julie,

At GDB they teach something a bit different when the corners are very 
rounded. They encourage the dogs to turn with the sidewalk as the street 
curves and then you tell the dog to hop-up in the original line of travel to 
prepare for crossing. Then you cross and he turns the opposite way a bit to 
return to the original direction if you want to go strait. Well I am not 
sure if this explains things at all. I could send you the lecture they have 
about that. I have never really used it because I don't think the corners in 
my neighbourhood are so rounded.

Something similar happens when there are no sidewalks and you have to trail 
the left edge of the road.

Hope this makes a bit of sense.

Take care,

Ioana
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] street crossings


> Susan,
>
> Thanks!  This sounds like how I do street crossings.  The only time I can 
> think of when he won't take me to a sidewalk is when there isn't one.  In 
> that case we cross straight across and he shows me the curb and then I 
> decide if I want to walk in the grass or in the street.
>
> Julie
>
> ----- 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 8:41 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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