[nagdu] Welcome to the list / Tipton's on going training

[Larry D. Keeler]

Do you train them to pick up stufff as well?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 7:48 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Welcome to the list / Tipton's on going training


> Yes Larry, my chair is an electric power chair.My first guide was a white
> Husky named Lily and she was a service dog before being trained as a 
> guide.
> I had trained her to pull my manual wheelchair and when she was trained to
> guide,she also pulled my chair as well as guided me.Then I was able to get
> the power chair which made things easier for Lily and me.Nala and Shaman
> never had to pull my chair and guide me.They just had to keep up with the
> power chair.They had to learn to be positioned several inches in front of
> the left side of the chair,which necessitated me using a much longer 
> handle
> on the harness.It works well for me.Also my dogs must have a good pull so
> that I don't over "roll" them when they are guiding me. Have a great day,
> Mardi and Shaman and Tipton, future GDIT.
>
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