[nagdu] follow Command

[Danielle Antoine]

Ohhhh. Danielle B I am like you as I age. My hearing loss was
discovered a little while ago but I have trouble hearing folks that is
distinguishing between voices in large crowds. Thanfully all dogs have
been good folowers. I always marveled at how they were taught this
skill and can distuish between the right person to follow and all the
rest. If too many voices are a probem I tend to heel in those
situations. Not sure how to hone the follow skill though I do remember
like Debby said being taught follow right and follow left when I was
last in class. Good luck!

Danielle L

On 6/10/15, Danielle Sykora via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> My dog was decent at following when I first got him, but he tended to
> focus more on the person leading than on his surroundings so I didn't
> use the follow command much for the first couple months. Now, he is
> very good at following, although I still like to have a general idea
> of where I am going. If he gets distracted, I want to tell him
> something a little more concrete than follow to refocus him. I find my
> dog follows more consistently when I talk to him, which also holds
> true for when he is working but not following. This could be a general
> command such as "straight, follow" or a meangingless phrase such as
> "come on" or "let's go" to get his attention.
>
> My problem isn't necessarily with my dog being distracted by people
> using his name, but by the people themselves not understanding that
> giving them permission to say his name while following doesn't mean
> they can talk to him all of the time. I almost always tell people my
> dogs name if they ask; however, I don't want people thinking they can
> talk to my dog when ever they please. I also find that individuals
> will then talk only to my dog and not feel the need to give me any
> directions. Of course, there are some people that talk to him and use
> his name but he isn't expecting to receive any information from them.
>
> Hope some of this makes sense,
> Danielle and Thai
>
> On 6/10/15, Danielle Burton via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Debby, I would but my Mom will not speak up. My own Mom despite
>> constantly
>> remindst her does not gve enough information. And honestly that's most
>> situations for me. Any background noise whatsoever and I can't hear. I
>> would
>> be heeling her a lot otherwise. When I'm in school and living on my
>> campus
>> it's a different story. I know the area well. i also have friends who
>> absolutely cannot give directions. When we go to convention I cannot hear
>> someone if they are even 2 feet away. This means I can't always give hg
>> additional direcnames but when I can hear that's what I do but even then
>> she
>> really doesn't always get the concept I don't think. She follows when I
>> can
>> hear not when I can't. Even if it's someone familiar.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:10 AM, Debby Phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> One thing that I learned while in class, which was new is to actually
>>> say
>>> Nova, follow forward, or follow right, or follow left.  That seems to
>>> help.  It isn't something that I do tons of, following.  They don't
>>> really
>>> guide when following, because they tend to just start looking at the
>>> person they're following, which is why giving them commands is
>>> important.
>>> Then they still focus on you, and not just the person they're following.
>>>  Peace,    Debby and Nova
>>
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