[nagdu] Intelligent disobedience

[Larry D. Keeler]

Holly does it as well.  She stops at goofy places where I think she4 
shouldn't.  I have to poke around or listen and usually find out she had a 
good reason for stopping.  Sounds like Ben knows what's up!  Intelligent 
disobedience is what makes the whol4e guide dog thing work so well.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:02 PM
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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