[nagdu] walking in to objects

[Jennifer Perdue]

Hi,

Thanks for the welcome.  

I worked Brooks for almost exactly three years but a little over.  

He just stopped wanting to take me around obstacles and with his right side clearance issues always being a problem even in class, that just got worse too.  To the degree of almost knocking down a display at the grocery store.

He ran me into almost everything and everyone at church the following day and I knew he was done.  It was going down hill with some warning signs, but to tell you the truth, he never should've been issued.  

Don't get me wrong, I love him more than I can express.  The thing is, I never fully trusted him because of the right side clearance issues, and had I corrected for every infraction of that kind.  We never would've gotten anywhere within a reasonable amount of time.

The school told me it would get better but it never did.  

Trust is a big factor in the relationship between you and your dog.  

JMO,

Jenny
On Apr 14, 2012, at 12:42 AM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:

> Hey Jenny,
> Welcome to the list. I haven't been keeping up with all the emails so I
> didn't see yours about retiring your dog. How long did you keep her?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Jennifer Perdue
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 6:30 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking in to objects
> 
> Hi Hannah,
> 
> I'm Jenny, the one who had to retire my guide dog.  
> 
> Brooks did that from the beginning too.  He wouldn't clear my right side
> properly from the beginning, even in class.  I was unable to trust him fully
> the entire time I had him and that was a bitter pill to swallow.
> 
> If you haven't tried it yet, contact the school and see if they can send a
> trainer out to help you., but I can say from experience though, if you don't
> and can't trust your dog.  You might want to consider sending your dog back
> and getting one you can trust.
> 
> I know now, having been through it with Brooks, I would've and should've
> done that in the beginning, but wanted to try and work through it.
> Unfortunately though, some things you just can't work through.
> 
> JMO,
> 
> Jenny
> On Apr 13, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:
> 
>> Hey all,
>> I know that bonding can take up to a year, but I also know that 
>> Princess shouldn't be walking me in to things. I honestly don't know 
>> what to do any more because I don't feel like correcting her is enough 
>> and that after a while she forgets about it altogether.
>> Today I went to visit the University of Santa Cruz and we went on a tour.
>> Princess for some reason walked me in to a pole and as usually I 
>> corrected her. This has occurred a few times since I last posted about 
>> it, and it's getting more difficult for me to trust her. I don't feel 
>> safe walking at night or in the dark now, and it's a horrible feeling.
>> Any thoughts, suggestions, advice?
>> Best, Hannah
>> 
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