[nagdu] Crosswalk light success!

[Dan Weiner]

And I'll say that that was actually a nice member of the public who asked a
reasonable question, because who knows I suppose you might have been having
trouble.
But I'll admit that  some of the things people say are  priceless and after
I finish scratching my head I:

1. realize why the unemployment rate for the blind is so high, after all
look what the misconceptions are

2. I think, "hey, I'm glad they said that, now I have another of one of my
endless stories I can tell, which I should put one  a web site I will call:

Here Dan goes again with another long story dot com--lol

Dan

 

-----Original Message-----
From: 	 [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie via
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Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 10:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crosswalk light success!

Hahahahaha!  Dan!

Now that you mention it... there was a member of the general public.  A lady
on a bike rode past and asked if I wanted assistance... told her I was
working with the dog on finding the post.  She smiled and waved (I assume)
and rode off.
TOTALLY forgot about that one!

Daryl

------

Nice and I'm proud of you and Jennie.
But there  is one element missing from your story, where is the
ever-observant member of the general public--lol.
Usually if it is Dan doing this, someone will be watching nd saying either
"Are you training the dog" or  "what is that dog doing" or three "I thought
tht dog was already trained" or 4. " that sdog's no good, he is taking you
to a pole when you want to cross the street". Or something else helpful and
perceptive--lol.


Dan the man with parker the pup


 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie via
nagdu
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 10:11 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Crosswalk light success!

Hey!
Ever since training with Jenny, we have struggled with scrounging (I've
posted about this).  One of her favorite scrounging/sniffing places is at
the base of crosswalk light poles (where you push the button to change the
light).  On a whim on Monday night, I got off the bus one stop early to do
some work with her on finding these posts.  It wasn't pretty.
Me: Jenn, find the post.
Jenny (misses the post entirely and goes around the corner)
Me: Not quite, my  girl.  Let's try again.
We turn around, Jenny goes right past the post while I flail around trying
to find it.
Rinse, lather, repeat.
Third time:
me: Jenny, find the post.
Jenny finds the post but starts scrounging.
Me: Good post, nose up.
We take the corner again, turn around.
Me: Jenny, find the post.
Jenny finds the post, her shoulders right below the button, her nose is up.
Me (throwing a fiesta): YAY!  Good girl!

Now for the past three days, every time I ask for a post, she has found it
perfectly and kept her nose up!  Her tail wags even before I praise her,
because she knows she's done good!

SO proud!

Still need a little work on scrounging in general, but this is SO good!

Hope this encourages those who are struggling with distractions or
scrounging that it can be done.

Daryl

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