[nagdu] finding an empty seat

[Nicole B. Torcolini]

Lol, Lexia picked up on the sit-down-frequently thing with me, so teaching 
her to find the bench was just assigning a verbal command to a behavior, but 
she does not help me position myself.  It is amazing what our dogs can 
figure out. When a dog can figure things out to that level, it also means 
that the bond between the dog and the handler is very strong.

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> My dog does several things when finding a seat-- depending on how it  is 
> situated.
>
> If it is a seat like in a doctor's office, she'll walk up to it, turn  me 
> around 180 degrees so that all I need to do is sit down.  She  figured 
> this out all on her own, but she's no dummy and I think she  understands 
> that the easier she makes things for me-- especially right  now-- the less 
> chances I have of falling on my face.
> If it is a seat which is tucked under a table; she will walk up and  point 
> at it with her nose and then move aside so I can push it back,  then turn 
> me around so I can sit in it.
> Most blind people probably don't need this degree of hand holding from 
> their dog's when they find a seat but lately I can't find up or down  so 
> my dog has to treat me like an idiot lol.
>
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