[nagdu] street crossings

[Cathryn Bonnette]

Hi Julie-

One advantage of training the guide to use a straight line across the street
and then turn to find the up curb is that you get out of traffic safely,
then find a place to step up. It can help if a driver is trying to turn
using the cross walk, if there is grid lock and you cross not knowing the
light cycle, etc. As I think about what my shepherd from Seeing Eye does,
those possibilities occur to me.

Cathryn (& Abby)

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:28 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] street crossings

My dog is trained to follow the pedestrian pathway.
----- 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: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:00 PM
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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