[nagdu] finding an empty seat

Nicole B. Torcolini ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Tue Jun 1 19:19:53 UTC 2010


Yes, Lexia likes to show me things that she thinks that I might 
want--benches, chairs, doorways, etc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] finding an empty seat


> Julie,
>
> We've kind of developed the chin on the seat way of finding empty seats. 
> It
> works, because I can follow her head to the seat without feeling around 
> all
> over.  Mitzi is also good at finding empty tables in restaurants and going
> right under, but when we're being led to a table, she doesn't always get
> "follow" and will often show me every empty table along the way.  Which is
> nerve-wracking, in case she's getting that nose too close to non-empty
> tables.  /smile/  She got confused last time we went to a restaurant, I
> think, because we were shown to a table right away, then we all got up to
> find the restrooms at the other end of the place, so when we came out, she
> was a little confused and just showed me the first empty table.  Which
> turned out to be where they had decided to move us, because our original
> table had been given away while we were gone.  So it worked.
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Julie J
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:40 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] finding an empty seat
>
> Thank you!
> This is pretty much how I decided to teach it.  I'm glad to hear I'm on 
> the
> right track.  You know that whole reinventing the wheel thing. *smile*
>
> Belle would go to an empty seat and just stop and stand in front of it a 
> few
>
> inches away.  Usually I could figure out what was what, but I think the 
> chin
>
> method will be much smoother and more efficient.
>
> Thanks!
> Julie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] finding an empty seat
>
>
>> Hi there. my dog will stand in front of a seat that's pushed in(she'll
>> stand at the back of the seat since she can't put her chin on it). She
>> will also (if the steas are open/not in front of a table, put her chin on
>> it until I give ther the "ok" command. Then she'll find a place to lie
>> down or immediately go under the chair (or table if there is one). 
>> Haven't
>
>> hac to teach her this skill she came with it from Fidelco.
>> HTH
>> Hope and Beignet
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 10:30 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] finding an empty seat
>>
>>
>>> Heya!
>>>
>>> This weekend I want to work with Monty on finding empty chairs.  I
>>> started this afternoon with my dining room chairs, which led me to the
>>> realization that I need to figure out exactly what I want him to do.
>>>
>>> His tendency was to put his chin on the seat of the chair, which I like.
>>> But then I was thinking that might not work so well if the chair is
>>> pushed in under a table.   How do your dogs indicate an empty seat?
>>> assuming that they have been taught this skill.   Is it the same in 
>>> every
>
>>> situation?  If you have had experience with more than one technique,
>>> which did you like better?
>>>
>>> Also has anyone had any luck in teaching a dog to pick an empty seat
>>> located at an empty table?
>>>
>>> Thanks much!
>>> Julie
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