[nagdu] walking in to people

[Julie McGinnity]

My dog does this as well, and it makes me crazy.  I agree with Marion
here.  You can ask those people to stay where they are while you
rework or to go back to their places.  I have found that not only do
they understand, but most of the time they are interested in helping
out.

When my dog runs me into someone, I quickly correct(not too hard),
just hard enough so that she knows she did something wrong.  Then I
stop, and attempt to rework.  Yes, sometimes this is impossible
because the people have already moved, but it does work occasionally.
I would also advise you to listen to where people are.  You can hear
them when they are standing in the middle of the hallway or room
having a conversation, and you can tell if your dog is heading
straight for them rather than around them.  That way if your dog is
about to run into someone, you can stop and get your dog to think a
little about what she is about to do.

Sometimes these dogs think that they own the walkway.  People
constantly getting out of our way just reinforces this belief in their
minds.  They do get a little lazy, but it isn't all their fault.  In
their minds, if something works out for them, then they are rewarded
for it.  It's basic classical conditioning.

On 10/7/13, Doug Parisian <eggmann at mymts.net> wrote:
> I've probably had about 4 collisions over my dogdum days of 30 years and I
> have been able to cure the problem.
>
> The worst is when I just about sent a very small child up to heaven due to
> lazy neglectful parents where were busy babbling and gawking at store
> windows to have any concern for their child on a busy street.  I was able to
>
> grab the little creature quickly which precluded any correction but I
> believe my dog got the message.  I scared absolute hell out of the poor
> little person (one can never tell at that age whether they are guys or
> gals!)  Trust me, that parent gave up a pound of flesh before I got
> through!
>
> Doug: walk softly and vary a big stink.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 8:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking in to people
>
>
> : You need to correct very quickly if you do correct.
> : Some dogs don't "get" people since they do move out of the way and the
> dog
> : can be lazy if that is how they are inclined.
> : I don't know who Stan is, but are you sure he is accurate in his
> statement?
> : He may be the best guy in the world, but not accurate, at least not when
> it
> : comes to your dog.
> : Did it feel to you like your dog could have made a more appropriate
> choice?
> :
> :
> : -----Original Message-----
> : From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stephanie
> : Mitchell
> : Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2013 11:22 PM
> : To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> : Subject: [nagdu] walking in to people
> :
> : Hi all,
> : I am looking for advice. I plan on contacting my trainer tomorrow but
> : thought I'd run it past you all, and see if any one has had this issue.
> : Gypsy has started to run me in to people. It has happened quite a few
> times
> : now. Just this afternoon, I was walking in our local shopping centre.
> There
> : were 2 people talking, just standing there and Gypsy tried to walk in
> : between the 2 people, and in the process I hit one of them. Stan saw it
> : happen and said that Gypsy had heaps and heaps of room to go around them.
> : Anyway, is there anything I can do about this? I cant re work the
> situation
> : as the person already moved. If I correct her, would she know why I did
> it?
> : Just not sure what to do about it.
> : Steph
> :
> : Learn Piano anywhere
> : www.mitchellpianostudio.com
> : twitter: @passion4pno
> :
> :
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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
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