[nagdu] Hi Becky was re:ew guide dog user with questions

Tue Aug 14 12:23:17 UTC 2012

Hi Becky, Welcome to our list. Its awesome your currently in training with your pup. Please keep us updated on yoru prgress. Good luck! 

Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone

On Aug 14, 2012, at 10:51 PM, "becky sabo" <beckyasabo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a trainer from Guiding eyes for the blind here in Colorado working
> with me.
> Becky Sabo 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 8:50 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] new guide dog user with questions
> 
> Are you training your own dog or is a school working with you?
> 
> Cindy Lou
> 
> On Aug 14, 2012, at 9:46 PM, becky sabo wrote:
> 
>> 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-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf 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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