[nagdu] Steps

[Julie J]

So I can immediately know if it's a single step or several.  Also in 
conjunction with having him cross over, I am teaching him to point out the 
handrail.

It's just more information for me.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lora" <blindhistory at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Steps


> This may be a silly question but why would you want your dog to body
> block you at a set of stairs?
>
> On 11/15/10, Julie J <julielj at windstream.net> wrote:
>> I did a lot of work on steps and curbs this past weekend.  I needed to
>> retrain the approach to up curbs because I have been sloppy and let the
>> pause get shorter and shorter until it no longer existed. He's back to 
>> feet
>> up on the bottom step or curb!
>>
>> And I also worked on having him cross over at the top of a set of stairs
>> consisting of anything more than one.  this still needs work.  Sometimes
>> he's crossing over when there's only one step and sometimes he's just
>> stopping without the cross over.  I'd say he's somewhere in the range of 
>> 75%
>> accurate though.
>>
>> I'm glad this topic was brought up because it's something I've been 
>> thinking
>> about and meaning to work on.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>>
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