[nagdu] Questions About Guide Dogs

[Tami Kinney]

Buddy,

That's funny. With Mitzi, it depends. If she still wants to go and not
come home or to the truck or to the hotel room or to the bus stop to
come home, she will lie through her teeth sometimes. /lol/ If she's
tired enough, though, she will just take me to the right spot without my
even asking, which is nice because by the time she's getting worn out,
I'm dead on my feet. /smile/ So that could be why your dogs will
sometimes show you the wrong door. They're not ready to go be bored in
the hotel room, so they're just messing with you? Who knows what goes on
in those furry heads.

Tami

On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 22:03 -0400, Buddy Brannan wrote: 
> Oh, absolutely! The ability for your dog to find doors in or out is dead useful. And if you have a dog that can backtrack, all the better. Some dogs are absolutely phenomenal at this. Leno, my current dog, is quite good at this. One thing that I find a little amusing, though. All three of my dogs, when I'm staying let's say in a hotel, will usually find my room. However, they will very often go to one door early or one door late first. Has anyone else noticed this tendency, or am I just lucky? Or holding it wrong? Or something? 
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> On Aug 30, 2011, at 10:00 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
> 
> > Also Buddy they can find in or out.  This is good when you go into a building or through a parking lot where you've never been before!  Sometimes they can remember where you go a lot!  For example my wife is at University hospital often.  Holly knows the basic route and she usually knows whereever I go I will probably need the elevator, escalator or one of the many nurses stations along the route.  Whatever room she is in, I only have to go there maybe twice and she basically remembers it!  That's a big place!  
> > Intelligence is always claimed but rarely proven!
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