[nagdu] Moving from my apartment into a house

Mon Aug 3 04:24:49 UTC 2015

Dogs will associate places with words if you teach them what the words
mean, like any other cues. I did this a lot in college, and still do
it at work. You can associate the place with the word using the
clicker, or just by casually saying to your dog, "let's get some
pizza," as you enter the pizza joint, or "let's go to Teavanna," as
you are on route or entering the store. The same concept applies when
teaching the words home or grocery store. They quickly catch on to
what the words mean after several repetitions of the word being
repeated upon entry or arrival at a certain place. In my experience,
it's that simple.
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On 8/2/15, Buddy Brannan via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Heh. I was kinda thinking the same thing. While I've had dogs that were good
> at remembering places and routes, none of them were quite that good at place
> associations with words to that fine a detail. Ah well...
>
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>> On Aug 2, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Marianne Denning via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> When I give a speech I always say I can't tell the dog to take me to
>> "store name" and think the dog will do it.  You just blew my speech.
>> (smile)
>>
>> On 8/2/15, Lori Dent via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This morning Rick Gipp and I left our  apartment at 7:00 and we drove
>>> to
>>> Columbus, Ohio so Rick could attend a meeting  for the Ohio Lions
>>> Foundation. Rick is the trustee for our District and the Ohio Lions
>>> Foundation  helps  get Ipads  placed in libraries for visually impaired
>>> and
>>> blind students to use. Also, this organization  helps with disaster
>>> relief
>>> as well.
>>>
>>> Anyway Rick had to be down in Columbus, Ohio by 10.00. The meeting was
>>> held
>>> at the law  firm and one of these    Lions members who is a lawyer and
>>> it's
>>> his law firm everyone met at.
>>>
>>> We arrived at the law firm at 9:30. Gipp and I have been here once
>>> before
>>> about a year ago or so. Since we arrived a half hour early  we decided
>>> to
>>> walk over to the shopping center/strip mall to use the restrooms. We
>>> actually walked over to Giant Eagle . So I told Gipp to find Giant Eagle
>>> and without me saying another word to him except to find Giant Eagle
>>> and
>>> find the restroom Gipp guided me from the parking lot of the law firm
>>> building over to the shopping center/strip mall where Giant Eagle is  and
>>> he
>>> took me exactly to Giant Eagle and found the correct entrance doors to
>>> go
>>> through and took me straight to the ladies restroom  without me giving
>>> him
>>> any verbal direction. Gipp remembered exactly where Giant Eagle and the
>>> restrooms were on his own. After we both used the restroom Rick walked
>>> back
>>> over to the law firm building  to attend his meting.
>>>
>>> Gipp and I were on our own for 4 hours. So I was planning to walk
>>> through
>>> the shopping center/mall strip  over to Macy's department store which we
>>> did. I told Gipp to find Macy's  and he did exactly that. Gipp guided me
>>> around the outside of the shopping center/mall strip and found Macy's
>>> like
>>> I asked him to. But when we got over to Macy's  department store  and
>>> Gipp
>>> found the door we couldn't get in. The doors were locked. Macy's
>>> department
>>> store  this location had went out of business and closed their doors for
>>> good.
>>>
>>> So Gipp and I decided to walk around and behind  and in the back of
>>> Macy's
>>> are some other stores
>>> So we walked on the backside of the shopping center/mall strip  just to
>>> see
>>> what was there and Gipp remembered walking this before.
>>>
>>> Then after walking for a bit I decided to go to get something to eat for
>>> lunch. So we walked from the shopping center/mall strip back over  to
>>> the
>>> law firm building and from   their parking lot we walked up to the
>>> sidewalk
>>> turned left and walked up to the corner to cross the street. But before
>>> getting up to the corner Gipp stopped and he had to take me around  a
>>> barricade that was on the sidewalk.
>>> So I told Gipp to take me around the barricade  so he went left into the
>>> grass and around the barricade and guided me back up on the sidewalk and
>>> we
>>> continued to walk to the corner to get ready to cross the street. I was
>>> so
>>> proud of my boy  for guiding me around the barricade obstacle on the
>>> sidewalk.
>>>
>>> Once we crossed the street and got to the otherside and back up on the
>>> sidewalk I  told Gipp forward and find Wendy's restaurant  and   Gipp
>>> did
>>> exactly that. He guided me  right up to the door to enter Wendy's. While
>>> I
>>> had lunch   Gipp laid next to my chair  on his side  and never moved
>>> until I
>>> was ready to leave. Once I was finished with lunch  we walked around
>>> some
>>> more. We were about 10 minutes or so from downtown Columbus, Ohio. We
>>> were
>>> in the upper part of Arlington  area . Then around 1:30 PM we decided to
>>> walk back to the law firm building and  inside and upstairs and wait for
>>> Rick. By this time  it was almost 2:00 PM in the afternoon. By this time
>>> Rick's meeting was finished for the day.
>>>
>>> I was so impressed in the way Gipp  patterns and remembers where things
>>> are
>>> only being here once before about a year or so ago. Also his guidework
>>> was
>>> flawless . I just love the way Gipp works for me and how proud I am of
>>> him.
>>> He's one smart and amazing dog and I love him so.  Just had to share
>>> with
>>> you all. Take care.
>>>
>>> Lori and the Gipper
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>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>> (513) 607-6053
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