[nagdu] walking in sidewalk less areas

d m gina dmgina at samobile.net
Wed May 1 00:32:11 UTC 2013


Seeing eye shows us how to take our cane with us, so we could stop feel 
with the cane to find the side of the road.
I wouldn't feel myself going into the middle of the street either, 
where this way it works out well.
Then praise lots of praise.
Original message:
> Hi Sarah,

> I have been on a few streets here that have no sidewalks, too many for me.
> Cass does not like them either. I was instructed to goes about 10 feet and
> then find the edge of the street, or curb if there is one to make sure we
> are not too far from the edge. I find that she has a tendency to always
> wander out to the center. I started to give her a lot more food rewards to
> stay closer to the edge of the road and this has helped a lot. Cass is very
> food motivated, but of course she is a lab, who has been  a bit slighted
> lately on the list <lol>. You might try food as the great motivator. As for
> not wanting to get into the harness, I also had the problem with CASs and to
> some extent still do. I have been told she is "harness-shy" and that this
> does not mean that the dog does not like to work, but that they do not
> necessarily like to have the harness on their back, or rather the action of
> putting the harness on. This too, I have been able to resolve with positive
> reinforcement and food.
> Hope my two cents helps a little.

> Daniel and Cass in Denver. And it is going to snow again tomorrow - enough
> already!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:52 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking in sidewalkless areas

> Chantel,

> My dog will walk as if he is drunk and he will sometimes veer
> into the middle of the road.  The trainers said to just stop
> about every 5 or 10 steps and see how far away I am from the edge
> that separatethe the dirt from the street.  It's also very
> frustrating because when the trainers watched us do it, he did it
> flawlessly.  However, when we're by ourselves, that's how it
> goes, he will walk and zigzag like he's drunk.  And when I go to
> put his harness on he is very unenthusiastic.  Whenever he knows
> we're going for a walk, and I put his harness on, he will not
> stand up.  I have to repeat the "stand" command like 3 times
> before he will finally give in and stand up.  When his trainers
> are here, they don't believe he's not excited to work, because in
> their presence, he's very excited to work and does perfect.  So
> I'm not sure what to do in this situation.

> Sarah and Wizard

> Sarah and Wizard.
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:41:10 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking in sidewalkless areas

> Sara,

> Where Motley and I live, there aren't any sidewalks either.

> We have to walk along the curb in the street.

> Maybe you might need a dog more suited for sidewalkless travel?

> Not sure on that one.

> Chantel and Motley.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:21 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users;
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] walking in sidewalkless areas

> Hello,

> I was wondering if ayever has worked their dogs in sidewalkless
> areas.  I have to because that's where I live, but my guide hates
> working sidewalkless.  He walks very slow and bored-like.  I'm
> just wondering if anyone has ever walked sidewalkless teas with
> their guide dogs and how it was.

> Sarah and Wizard

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