[nagdu] Stopping at upcurbs

[Danielle Burton]

Hi everyone, Willa and I stop for all stairs because if I were to trip up or down I could easily break a bone due to a brittle bone disease. We also stop for all curbs. If she does run an up curb I neither praise nor correct. I do however, treat the up curb so she has rarely ever ran the up curb. I will however, correct for not stopping at a down curb which has rarely ever happened in the 6 months we have been together. She has only ran a step  a few times. I can probably count on one hand how many. Which is a huge comfort to me because I have confidence issues on going down stairs. I didn't when using a cane but I had trouble trusting another living being to not let me fall down them. Now I can say that I trust my guide more than my parents to guide me. 

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> On Dec 12, 2014, at 8:05 AM, Howard J. Levine via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi from Howard and Rhett, we live in NYC and we do not stop for up curb
> because you want to get out of street and if you stop you might run over by
> some who did not stop behind you. I do stop at down curbs and down stairs.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> via nagdu
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 12:41 AM
> To: Tracy Carcione; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Stopping at upcurbs
> 
> I use to like for tres to stop at upcurbs but now that my knees aren't the
> best, I get a better sense of the height of the cur so I now want Tres to
> step up and I'll follow.
>> On 12/11/2014 9:44 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
>> I think stopping at upcurbs is a matter of personal preference.  I 
>> agree a dog should, at first, but mine drop it pretty fast.  I want to 
>> get out of the street.  I once was hit when I tried to correct my dog 
>> for running an upcurb.  The driver figured I was out of the street and 
>> started to pull out, but I had stopped to correct.  Luckily, the idiot 
>> wasn't moving very fast. I decided then I wasn't going to correct for 
>> running an upcurb. Pretty soon, all I get is a pause and go.  I can 
>> see it wouldn't work for everyone, but it works for me, and other 
>> people I know in the big bad city.
>> Tracy
>> 
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