[nagdu] anticipating

[Hope Paulos]

Mine will anticipate turns very  well. but she'll also follow my commands if 
I need her to go a different way. I once had an issue where I had a migrain. 
I was  at a school and had 2 differennt rooms that I could stay in-- one 
with an air conditioner and one without (long story)... I needed to get my 
meds from the other room across the courtyard, which involved several turns. 
I was ok when  I went out of the room and got my meds; however, on the way 
back, I became disoriented and confused because of the pain. My dog took me 
the entire way back down the stairs, across the courtyard, into the other 
building, up the stairs, and to my room without a single command from me. I 
dropped my keys and they came off the keychain after we arrived at the room 
with the AC. She located and fetched and handed me each key again with no 
direction from me. It was like she could sense something was wrong with me. 
I believe anticipating to be extremely important in these situations.  Like 
I say, all I have to say, if I don't want to go a certain way is, "no" and 
give the direction I want to go.
Sorry for the long post.
Hope and Beignet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Jones" <sblanjones11 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] anticipating


> Rhoda anticipates turns, and I love it.  But she is also very flexible, 
> and
> when I praise her, and direct her another way, she is very willing to go
> that way as well.
>
> I have very mixed feelings about the "follow" command, as I don't want my
> dog to be much of a follower.  When someone says, "Will your dog follow 
> me?"
> I usually say, "If I ask her to.  Just let me know when you turn, and I'll
> be sure of it."
>
> Susan & Rhoda
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Julie J
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 3:14 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] anticipating
>
> Heya all,
>
> I will have had Monty two years tomorrow. We have worked together as a 
> team
> for about 10 months of that.  I was reflecting back on all the progress we
> have made and how smoothly we are working together, at least most days.
> *smile*
>
> Anyway this morning on the way to work I was pondering the issue of guides
> that anticipate turns.  My understanding is that most of the programs
> discourage this.  I'm talking about a dog who makes a turn on a regular
> route without direct direction from the handler to do so.
>
> Monty does this all the time.  I have actually cultivated the skill 
> because
> I appreciate it.  Of course if I feel him begin a turn and I want to go
> another way I simply stop, praise him and give the new instructions.  Also
> if we pass a place where we have turned in the past, but it's not a really
> regular place, he'll sort of do a half turn with a pause and look back to
> see if that's what I want.  I absolutely love this and can't imagine 
> working
> it differently.
>
> My route to work is basically straight west with only a deviation of one
> block north.  I vary the route as much as is possible.  It really makes no
> difference where I choose to turn north, he always figures out where to go
> at the next corner.
>
> I'd love to hear how all of you balance the initiative of the dog,
> anticipating turns, indicating possible turns and the like.
>
> Julie
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