[nagdu] which side are you on?

[rhonda cruz]

 Hi  my dog works on the left side. and she knows how to switch sides when i need too.
 what you did was right.
 hugs to you.

On May 24, 2013, at 7:20 PM, d m gina wrote:

> You have to work with the dog several times to have the dog stay on the rite side of the walk.
> The dog was doing what he was trained to do.
> Staying on the left.
> Sorry for the unhappy friend.
> riginal message:
>> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 
>> I have just spent a troubling afternoon with a couple of great friends. We
>> were on a walk in Golden, Colorado, through town and along the river trail.
>> My friend kept telling me to stay to the right on the path because of all of
>> the foot and bike traffic on the trail. The trail is a wide, cement trail,
>> approximately 10' wide. Cass always walks to the left  on any path. My
>> friend became increasingly upset with me because everyone had to move around
>> me to avoid missing me and Cass. I tried to have Cass move to the right, but
>> she insisted to continue to travel on the left side of the walk, as she
>> always does. It is true the path was very busy, but I told my friend that
>> Cass would avoid anyone that was in her way. He became very irate, telling
>> me I should walk with Cass on my right side instead of my left side. I told
>> him that this was not an option, and that I knew what I was doing, and just
>> chill out and let me and Cass do what we do. He said it was absurd that any
>> dog would not be trained to walk on the right side of a path, and I told him
>> that she was following the side of the walk.
> 
>> Does anyone come across any of the same remarks from people. Do your dogs
>> travel on the right or left on a path with no curbs, or buildings to line
>> either side.
> 
>> I must admit I do not remember having ever discussed this during training
>> with Cass. I naturally assumed that Cass would follow along the left side.
>> My friend said that everyone else had to move out of the way for me, and
>> that it was not right that I took up the left side. Just because I was blind
>> did not give me the right to make everyone else move out of the way for me,
>> and that I had to be more considerate of them. Needless to say I was just a
>> bit pissed off at this point.
> 
>> What do you think about this?
> 
>> I told him to forget about ever trying to get me to move my dog to my right
>> hand, it was not going to happen. Other than that, I fell short of giving
>> him a good reason for travelling on the left side of the walk.
> 
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> 
>> Thanks,
> 
>> Daniel and Cass
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