[nagdu] ice was Listen to your dog!!

[Doug Parisian]

Sometimes, even faking a stumble works amazingly well; your dog gets "guilt 
tripped," so to squeak.

At one time or other, we have all probably stumbled as a result of a missed 
curb or step (hopefully not going down), a hose across the walk, etc etc. 
We do whatever teaching method works, correction etc, to show miss or Mr.. 
dog that ain't right or acceptable guiding.  And they do get it.  So, the 
ice stumble may therefore be enough.

In Winnipeg, we've had one of those sissy winters with temperatures never 
much below 20 Fahrenheit in the day, about zero at night with amazingly 
frequent melting cycles.  The result of this is skating rink conditions on 
many of the sidewalks; the ice is as hard as iron and virtually impossible 
to remove.

Doug: Slip slidin" away!  (come on now, you all knew that was coming!)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] ice was Listen to your dog!!


> William,
>
> Basically you treat it like any other obstacle.  If he's not being 
> careful, rework it.  You may need to give some extra support during the 
> rework if he's not getting it.  A steady or easy or whatever you use to 
> indicate to slow down and be cautious should do the trick.
>
> HTH
> Julie
>
>> yea, i agree, but can you imagin the cheos of all of us in one bowling 
>> alley with all of our dogs, but on a more serious note, does anybody know 
>> the best way to get a black lab to slow down when walking on an icy 
>> surface?
>> William And LD Lynard
>>
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