[nagdu] Note from the Moderator Re: The Follow Command

Thu Sep 12 15:34:27 UTC 2013

Rebecca and Nicole, 
Thank you for solving this between yourselves without I needing to step in. Its alright to disagree, its alright to have differing opinions. But reading many different meanings can come from words, and because we don't have a face to face interaction it is hard to know exact what is meant. 

So unless you both have further productive information to provide on this thread, I'd ask that you take your discussion offlist. Remember that you both should remember not to post one line one word messages. 

Thank you, 

Marsha drenth, NAGDU List moderator 
Sent with my IPhone 

On Sep 12, 2013, at 10:44 AM, "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you. I appreciate this. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini
> at Home
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:36 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] The Follow Command
> 
> No, that is not what I meant, so I apologize if that is how it came across. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 12, 2013, at 7:14 AM, "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You wrote "Sheesh, does it really bother you that much?" which I read to
> mean I have no right to my opinion. I'm not wrong, I just feel differently
> then you do. Whether or not this is what you meant to convey, I don't know.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini
> at Home
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:08 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] The Follow Command
> 
> Are you saying that I was being ugly about it?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 12, 2013, at 5:19 AM, "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, it does. You can disagree and that's fine. The person starting this
> thread asked a question and I gave my opinion. 
> You don't have to agree. You also don't have to be ugly about it. 
> We all have different things we like or don't like and following was one of
> the things I just didn't like for a bunch of reasons.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:52 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] The Follow Command
> 
> Sheesh, does it really bother you that much? I use both methods of people
> giving me directions and following, with which one I use at the time
> depending on the situation. For me, there are some situations in which it
> just is not practical for someone to tell me every turn, especially if it is
> really noisy or in a big space, such as an airport, where there are a lot of
> people and not really defined paths. If it is just me and the person whom
> Lexia is following, that person usually talks to me periodically. Also, I
> have enough vision  to kind of tell if I think that Lexia is starting to get
> too far behind. I ask the person to slow down or wait if I think we are
> falling behind. In cases where ther is at least one more person, there will
> be someone behind me that can watch.
> Yes, I do sometimes have trouble with Lexia not guiding well, such as not
> stopping for stairs, when following, but I usually handle it the same way
> that I would handle it otherwise, and I also ask the person leading to pause
> at stairs, which usually makes Lexia less likely to mess up.
> The best method that I have found for keeping Lexia from passing the person
> she is following is to have the person walk on the left. Yes, I know that it
> goes against traffic, but, in some situations, there is so much chaos that
> no one really notices. Otherwise, Lexia tends to vere off to the left and
> pull up beside the person. I also find that holding the leash in my right
> hand if I can helps her not vere left.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 6:09 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] The Follow Command
> 
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