[nagdu] follow Command

[Danielle Antoine]

I have never heard of this Julie.

Danielle

On 6/10/15, Julie McGinnity via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Danielle,
>  teach my current dog to follow.  He follows without me wanting him
> to.  It's either a way of testing me, him being lazy, or simply that
> he likes my friends.  But I am actually correcting him for following
> because when he follows, he doesn't work anymore.  I can feel it in
> the harness, and it's hard to explain to others.  I have run into
> things this way though as well as off curbs and down stairs.  So yeah,
> we may never follow... ever...  But that's ok in most situations.
>
> Bill is so chill that if I need to, I can lightly touch a friend to
> keep track of them while he's guiding.  I did this yesterday when we
> were at a loud establishment.  When I did that, he actually lost the
> motivation to follow, which he had tried to do a few minutes before.
> It's very interesting what you can say to your dog with the simplest
> of body language.
> I'll respond to your message as well but thought I could chime in here.
>
> I taught my first dog to follow, and she got pretty good at it for the
> most part.  She was picky about who she followed.  I did a hand
> gesture towards the person we needed to follow before saying forward
> as the person was walking.  I just practiced following by getting her
> bacvk on track with the other person when she decided not to follow.
> But what Rox does may serve you better because I relied on my hearing
> for this.
>
> I may not ever be able to
>
> 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
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nagdu mailing list
>>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> nagdu:
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/dsykora29%40gmail.com
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nagdu mailing list
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> nagdu:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/kaybaycar%40gmail.com
>>
>
>
> --
> Julie McGinnity
> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri second vice president,
> National Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
> Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President
> graduate, Guiding Eyes for the Blind 2008, 2014
> "For we walk by faith, not by sight"
> 2 Cor. 7
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/singingmywayin%40gmail.com
>