[nagdu] making adjustments

Tue Mar 26 13:57:10 UTC 2013

yah I really hate them too especially when you are not expecting them.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] making adjustments

> Julie, my dog does the same thing. Those automatic revolving doors scare 
> the crap outa me, but Leno doesn't seem to mind them, at least, the couple 
> we've been through, and he just goes right on through. We tried to go 
> through the one at Children's Hospital, but Melanie and her aid talked us 
> out of it, much to my relief.
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> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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> On Mar 25, 2013, at 11:58 PM, Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Cindy,  Brie does that as well with revolving doors.  It is
>> terrifying to suddenly be brought into the middle of a door that is
>> moving, especially when they are the automatic revolving doors.  We
>> have been nearly squished a number of times.  I wonder what goes
>> through their heads when they take us into revolving doors.  I guess
>> they just see an opening and go through it.  But I think Brie just
>> wants to try something new.
>>
>> On 3/25/13, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
>>> I know the next time we go to this store, he will know how to center
>>> himself up the ramp to make sure we get in the center of the door.
>>> I love to watch him think no matter how slow he is.
>>> for the most part on traffic he is really good.
>>> Watching in the parking lot he is good, if he is given a chance.
>>> That is all he needs.
>>> yes we are in our seventh month, so I just know he is going to get it.
>>> We have the sliding doors at the albertsons in our area as well, he
>>> stops to see what the door is going to do then takes me in.
>>> Never bumping either side.
>>> I know he will get better.
>>> we have nice weather that gets us out more, taking us to stores that
>>> have the sliding doors.
>>> Original message:
>>>> Your dog is a little newer though, isn't it? Maybe after a while those
>>>> thought processes will be faster. People who haven't had a lot of
>>>> experience with dogs and handlers often think they are going to run us
>>>> into things. I think they make decisions that look kind of last minutes
>>>> to people who don't understand. It seems as if mostly Fisher does this
>>>> pretty quickly. I am a little concerned though when he decides to opt
>>>> for revolving doors and I don't know until we are about in the middle 
>>>> of
>>>> one.
>>>
>>>> Cindy Lou
>>>
>>>> On Mar 25, 2013, at 2:59 PM, d m gina wrote:
>>>
>>>>> How fast does your dog think to adjust coming up to a sliding door
>>>>> realizing that they are not in the center of the door?
>>>>> Walking threw the parking lot up to the store door, it suddenly 
>>>>> accured
>>>>> to my dog that he had to adjust to go inside the store.
>>>>> the lady thought at first he was going to run me into the door, when I
>>>>> shared let him decide.
>>>>> Suddenly he turned to the rite taking me into the first part of the
>>>>> store.
>>>>> I love to see this happen, watching him think out what is best for us
>>>>> to get into a place with a sliding door.
>>>>> I have learned my dog is a slower thinker than some of my other dogs
>>>>> were.
>>>>> I have no problem with this, once I understood what was happening.
>>>>> Just fun to watch.
>>>
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>> Julie McG
>> National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
>> Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
>> Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
>> and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
>> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
>> life."
>> John 3:16
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