[nagdu] Intelligent disobedience

[Julie Phillipson]

my dogs have always done something like that.  Brewster one time tried 3 
times to tell me we couldn't make a left turn  and 3 times he turned me back 
to the corner.  The third time I made him turn and gave him the forward 
command, he stayed still but I took and step and tripped right over a 
grocery cart that was turned over on its side that I never would have known 
was there.  It was pretty funny because I was so mad at myself for not 
listening and he was so smug about it.  Of course I praised him once I was 
over my mad state.  After that I checked it out and it was a full sidewalk 
block with no way around it with a light pole on one side and a raised 
garden on the other on a busy street.  Listen to your dog they know best!
Julie Phillipson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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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