[nagdu] Class Tuesday

[Nicole Torcolini]

Hahaha, he sounds a lot like Lexia. Lexia sometimes gets so excited about
the clicker that she misses the whole point of what I am trying to teach
her. "Rail" is a command that I taught Lexia. It can mean either show me the
rail if we are near the stairs or a ramp or slide over toward the rail if I
have already found the rail. Lexia was also a "pass back". We don't know
exactly why, but we do know that they had her picked out for me at least a
month or two in advance.

Nicole

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 8:12 AM
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Subject: [nagdu] Class Tuesday

Last night, we started learning how to target things with the clicker.  It
was entertaining, waiting for Krokus to figure out what would get him
another treat.  "If I touch the left hand?  If I sniff her shoes?  If I
touch the hand with the clicker?  Yes!"
I have been having trouble with him walking way to the left on the stairs,
so I can't reach the rail. Sue showed me how to get him to target the rail,
and he's doing better, though we have work to do.  I'm trying to go up and
down when it's not so crowded, because I have to keep stopping and reminding
him.

We had a terrible trip this morning.  He just wouldn't go.  Sue says I'm not
pulling back on the harness, though to me it feels like I am.  The whole
trip, we walked slower than Ben would do.  Pretty dreadful.  I expect more
of the same this  Afternoon. Yippee.
Oh, pokyKroky was trained by Jan Abbott, who will be doing the home part of
my training.  He was held over from last class.  Maybe they thought he was a
better match for me than any of the people in that class.

I don't have much time for email, so, if people are replying to these
things, I may not see it until next week, or the week after that.
Tracy



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