[nagdu] new guide dog user with questions

[becky sabo]

Hi all,
This is Becky Sabo.  I have a new guide dog that I am working.  I am doing
home training.  I have not had a dog for a year and when I started my dog on
Saturday it felt weird using the harnest but soon it was good.  I feel that
we are a very good working team for a very short time.


-----Original Message-----
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Of Buddy Brannan
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 4:17 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] new guide dog user with questions

Not just new handlers, but older ones, too, with new dogs. It's an issue for
me, too, every time, to one extent or another. But, it gets better, and
you'll be working together so smoothly you won't remember anything else,
before you know it. BTW, yes, you handled the correction thing perfectly. In
fact, probably better than I would, this being an honest assessment of
myself. 
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Aug 13, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mona,
> 
> Trust with your pup will come in time. All new handlers deal with the
trust of a new pup, some quicker than others. I would say check with your
foot, but then transition to using your cane for the checking. And after a
while, after your have been traveling in the same areas for a while, you
won't need to check. The pups are trained to stay in the middle of the
sidewalk, and to take you from curb to curb. 
> 
> Good luck, and if you have other questions, ask away!
> 
> 
> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 13, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Ramona Davidson <ramonadavidson88 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
>> Thanks everyone for all the wonderful replies, I'll clarify, when 
>> talking about checking the kerbed to make sure I wasn't in the 
>> street, it's mainly just after I've crossed a blended drive way or if 
>> I'm in an unfamiliar location. One place we were walking had the 
>> parking lot blended with the sidewalk, so to make sure we weren't 
>> veering in too far to the parking lot I'd stop and check to the side 
>> with my foot to make sure. Note: this is clearly a trust issue with 
>> me because he's never ever! Been too far from the curb.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/13/12, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> i know that she is on the sidewalk, and not checking the curb 
>>> because of country work. Guess it would depend on how much a person 
>>> checks for the curb. And what kind of sidewalk it is. Depends on what
should be done.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The kind of checking for the curb, from what I understood, is not 
>>>> the same as country work. She is on the sidewalk and going off to 
>>>> check where the street is. That isn't the same as being trained for
country work, I think.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> CL
>>>> 
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>> --
>> Mona
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