[nagdu] Intelligent disobedience

[Larry D. Keeler]

Holly doesn't always know where I want to go.  But if I'm near and tell her 
home she will bring me back.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Intelligent disobedience


> Hi there,
> yes then there is another one, when you think you have walked all the 
> crossings you need to walk, wanting to find your house.
> the dog keeps walking straight, because he knows you are not home yet?
> that one cracks me up.
> yes unless you really tell the dog about a different cross walk, they will 
> go to the first one they see, for the most part will be the correct one.
> and is on the corner loll.
> I know how to do rounded curbs where they drive me silly.
> Original message:
>> 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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