[nagdu] Doors

[Sherry Gomes]

I always tell my dog to over here, and she switches to the right side to go
through doors with the hinges on the left.  Some of those doors that close
automatically behind you can be quite heavy, and with my other disabilities,
I can't always hold then and get my dog through if the dog stays on my left.
So, I drop the harness, tell her over here, and hold the door open with my
body and left arm.  She goes through, and I can tell by the feel of the
leash if she's on flat floor or steps or something.  Once she's through, I
grab the harness handle right away and off we go.



-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Katrin Andberg
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:40 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doors

I also work Tom through doors or I might drop the handle and just hold the
lead but the dog still stays on my left when we go through doors regardless
of which side the door opens on.  For doors that open with hinges on the
left, I just reach across my body with my right hand, open the door and hold
it open with my right hand as we go through.  I'm not very tall and don't
have very long arms, but this is what I've done for years and has worked for
me.  I don't let go of the door until I feel Tom's rear end/tail go past my
left leg, so I know to hold it long enough for all of him to get through.
He's a pretty big dog but haven't had any problems, nor did I with James
before him. 

 

Katrin 

 

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