[nagdu] guide dogs and hand signals

[Sherry Gomes]

GDB uses hand gestures.  Gosh, they are so much a part of me now, I don't
think I could ever eliminate them from my work with a dog.  I use them even
if it has nothing to do with a dog, forward, right or left hand signals are
second nature to me.  Among some of the other things, like patting my leg
when I tell someone to come over to me.  grin.



-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 3:48 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] guide dogs and hand signals

TSE teaches hand signals. Steve, thought you were going to say they use sign
language with the dogs. I just am a little crazy; don't mind me.
Cindy

On Sep 4, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:

> Leader still does this, and also uses sign language with their students
who
> are deaf/blind.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 8:16 PM
> To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
> Subject: [nagdu] guide dogs and hand signals
> 
> Hi, all,
> Do all the guide dog schools have trainies use hand signals or has that 
> fazed out?
> I do remember when I trained with Orleans back in training at GEB May 
> 30/June 24, 2000, I was continuously told to use hand signals.
> When I switched to Pilot Dogs and began doing that again August
22/Septenber
> 
> 10, 2004, the trainer who prepared Freedom David Berry for training told
me 
> that they weren't doing it and Freedom David Berry didn't like how I'd
move 
> my hand around.
> Her claim was that he wouldn't work if I kept using the hand motions.
> Truth is that when I arrived home with him, I returned to the hand signal 
> training and he managed just fine.
> upon going back to Pilot Dogs March 27/April 8, 2005, Odie's trainer, Mike

> Tessmer did suggest using the hand motions because there were times when 
> that would be needed and warranted.
> *Just curious*
> Bibi and Odie
> the happy spirited bounty labra wolf 
> 
> 
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