[nagdu] walking in sidewalk less areas

[Daniel]

Hi Sarah,

I have been on a few streets here that have no sidewalks, too many for me.
Cass does not like them either. I was instructed to goes about 10 feet and
then find the edge of the street, or curb if there is one to make sure we
are not too far from the edge. I find that she has a tendency to always
wander out to the center. I started to give her a lot more food rewards to
stay closer to the edge of the road and this has helped a lot. Cass is very
food motivated, but of course she is a lab, who has been  a bit slighted
lately on the list <lol>. You might try food as the great motivator. As for
not wanting to get into the harness, I also had the problem with CASs and to
some extent still do. I have been told she is "harness-shy" and that this
does not mean that the dog does not like to work, but that they do not
necessarily like to have the harness on their back, or rather the action of
putting the harness on. This too, I have been able to resolve with positive
reinforcement and food.
Hope my two cents helps a little.

Daniel and Cass in Denver. And it is going to snow again tomorrow - enough
already!


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:52 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking in sidewalkless areas

Chantel,

My dog will walk as if he is drunk and he will sometimes veer 
into the middle of the road.  The trainers said to just stop 
about every 5 or 10 steps and see how far away I am from the edge 
that separatethe the dirt from the street.  It's also very 
frustrating because when the trainers watched us do it, he did it 
flawlessly.  However, when we're by ourselves, that's how it 
goes, he will walk and zigzag like he's drunk.  And when I go to 
put his harness on he is very unenthusiastic.  Whenever he knows 
we're going for a walk, and I put his harness on, he will not 
stand up.  I have to repeat the "stand" command like 3 times 
before he will finally give in and stand up.  When his trainers 
are here, they don't believe he's not excited to work, because in 
their presence, he's very excited to work and does perfect.  So 
I'm not sure what to do in this situation.

Sarah and Wizard

Sarah and Wizard.
 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:41:10 -0400
Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking in sidewalkless areas

Sara,

Where Motley and I live, there aren't any sidewalks either.

We have to walk along the curb in the street.

Maybe you might need a dog more suited for sidewalkless travel?

Not sure on that one.

Chantel and Motley.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:21 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users;
nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] walking in sidewalkless areas

Hello,

I was wondering if ayever has worked their dogs in sidewalkless
areas.  I have to because that's where I live, but my guide hates
working sidewalkless.  He walks very slow and bored-like.  I'm
just wondering if anyone has ever walked sidewalkless teas with
their guide dogs and how it was.

Sarah and Wizard

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