[nagdu] Finding chairs?

[Nicole Torcolini]

Oh, yes, Lexia often returns to previously  visited objects or places.
Sometimes, that is not what I want at the moment, but I never get mad at her
for doing it.
	That is too funny about the dog deciding that the seat was not big
enough. I wonder if the dog observed a situation once where there was an
undesirable outcome from the lady sitting in a space that was not big
enough. Dogs learn a lot from observation.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 4:47 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Finding chairs?

Once at a convention hotel with Echo, I got mixed up and couldn't find the
elevator, and Echo couldn't understand what I wanted, so she started showing
me things I might want. She showed me where we'd sat to have breakfast.  It
was very helpful, because then I knew where I was and could give her useful
directions.

I heard a funny story a while back.  A dog and his rather chunky mistress
got onto the subway, and she told him to find a seat.  He saw an empty seat
between two people.  He looked at the seat, and back at his large person,
and decided, nope, too small, and went looking for a seat with more space. 
Smart dog!
Tracy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Finding chairs?


> LOL
> Jenny is usually pretty good at finding EMPTY chairs as opposed to full 
> ones.
>
> I used the treat suggestion, and what do ya know... she found 3 chairs 
> with the backs facing her! YAY!
>
> jenny is really funny sometimes, because if we've been somewhere before 
> she will often want to go to the same seat we've sat in before.  This is 
> usually not a problem, but occasionally the seat may not be occupied, but 
> the table is....
>
> Daryl and the funny Jenny girl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: craig heaps <craig.heaps at comcast.net>
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:24:53 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Finding chairs?
>
> I clicker trained Chase to "find the chair." It even works on BART trains.

> However, I need to teach him to discriminate whether the chair is occupied

> or empty. Occasionally he lays his nose on the knee of someone sitting in 
> the side facing disabled seats. I guess that's not entirely a bad thing.
>
> I haven't noticed any issues with chairs pushed in.
>
> Craig and the chair-finding Chase
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 10:46:34 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Finding chairs?
>
> hey,
>
> Been working with Jenny on finding chairs lately, and I noticed one thing 
> she struggles with is finding chairs that are pushed in and/or have full 
> arms (a la a couch). She does fantastic with benches, and pretty good with

> chairs that are out... does anyone ahve any pointers on this, or just keep

> working on it?
>
> Daryl and Jenny (who is confused by cushy chairs in the conference room)
>
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