[nagdu] Intelligent disobedience

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Hal.
What a smart girl!  And how patient of you, to trust her and wait. 
Sometimes I'm not very patient, which is where the dog's insisting comes in 
so handy.

But, on the other hand, the other day we were walking along a parking lot, 
and I kept telling Ben Left to find the turn out, and he kept saying No, and 
we got pretty lost because he missed the turn.  I don't know why he wouldn't 
turn.  He must have had some reason, I guess, but it didn't work out so 
well. Good thing we know how to get unlost.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "harold leigland" <hleigland at bresnan.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Intelligent disobedience


> hi Tracy, my last dog Anna once did not cross the street though there was 
> no traffic, a guy across from us kept yelling to go and what a stupid dog 
> I had, suddenly a car came speeding around a delivery truck and trailer 
> parked on the corner, of course the guy apologized. Hal
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:08 am
> Subject: [nagdu] Intelligent disobedience
>
>>
>>
>> Sometimes I get mixed up about exactly where I am, and tell Ben to do
>> something dumb, like turn to cross the street before we get to the
>> crosswalk.  He says No, and I insist, and he insists back, and, after 2 
>> or 3
>> times, I finally get it through my fat head that this time he is right 
>> and I
>> am wrong, and I tell him how great he is.
>> I know all guide dogs do intelligent disobedience, but do they all insist
>> when their silly user persists in wrong-headedness?  Or is this a special
>> feature I need to remember to mention, when it comes time for New Dog?
>> Actually, I did just tell Seeing Eye to put it in my record that I need a
>> dog who insists, but I wonder if it really goes without saying.  But 
>> then,
>> some things I think go without saying apparently don't.
>> So, do all guide dogs insist in disobedience, even in small things like 
>> the
>> right place to cross the street?
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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