[nagdu] Hesitant on stairs

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Sat Sep 14 11:48:07 UTC 2013


Holly is great with stairs! We can run up and down them! However, in an 
unfamiliar area, I can be rather hesitant until I get it right! The only 
times I've tripped, I've overestimated myself and underestimated Holly!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "I. C. Bray" <i.c.bray at win.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 2:14 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hesitant on stairs


> Not to laugh at people having difficulties, but I honestly have my fears 
> of
> stairs with a dog too.
>
> It's not th100 stairs you navigate successfully... it's the ONE you don't!
>
> My can skills UP stairs are great.  I have balance, and am fortunate 
> enough
> to be able to climb, climb, climb.  It's the going down that bothers me.
> I even hesitate at the last step still, and will check with my cane to 
> make
> sure I'm on the very last step... as opposed to the second to last step...
> which I usually will find the hard way.
>
> It doesn't help, that I'm 6 foot 2 and 250 lbs.   I can't help that I'm a
> big guy, but man... 7 inches vs 14 inches on an ankle is huge when you'r
> one-eighth of a ton!
>
> Would practicing stairs with a cane help with a dog??  Should I wait til I
> get the dog and then do stair drills with him/her?
>
> Ian  C. Braye
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hesitant on stairs
>
>
> : Hi Minh.
> : I doubt she's afraid of the stairs.  I think she's picking up on your
> : hesitancy, and being cautious with you.  Dogs can be very sensitive to
> their
> : partners.
> : I don't know your dog, so don't know how best to encourage her to keep
> : going.  Some like sweet talk, and some get the message better with a 
> firm
> : Hopp up.  They're resilient though, so you could try the firm approach
> once,
> : and see how it goes, since you're already trying sweet talk.
> : Better a little hesitancy than that other new dog trick of jumping over
> the
> : last step.  I hate that one!
> : Tracy
> :
> : ----- Original Message ----- 
> : From: "minh ha" <minh.ha927 at gmail.com>
> : To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> : Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 10:46 AM
> : Subject: [nagdu] Hesitant on stairs
> :
> :
> : > Hello all,
> : >
> : > I hope everyone and their furry little friends are doing well. I have
> : > a question about working down stairs. As I mentioned in an earlier
> : > post, there are about a million and one stairs all over my campus and
> : > they're not exactly all uniform and safe. I've noticed that Viva is
> : > becoming very hesitant and slow whenever we go down stairs, no matter
> : > whether they are outside or in a stair well. This is just going down
> : > mind; she practically rockets whenever we're walking up. I don't have
> : > the greatest balance and I get very hesitant walking down the stairs
> : > myself so it's not a terrible thing that she's walking slower.
> : > However, she does this thing where she would go down a few stairs and
> : > then stop and I would have to encourage her to keep on going. I've
> : > been overflowing with praise whenever we're going down the stairs and
> : > it seems to help, but she's still very cautious. Is she somehow
> : > sensing my own hesitancy and going slower to help me or is she scared
> : > herself? Also, I'm only hesitant at the top of the stairs when we're
> : > getting ready to go down, but once we're actually on the stairs, I'm
> : > fine. I want to help her get rid of her fears because I don't really
> : > want her to be afraid, but it would really help with congestion as
> : > well.
> : > Thanks,
> : > Minh
> : >
> : > -- 
> : > "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty
> : > recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
> : > but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on
> : > their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence
> : >
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