[NAGDU] Taking really long walks

Wed Apr 27 14:27:10 UTC 2016

Well...to be fair, I expect if the Seeing Eye dogs were trained to stop for all the ankle-twisting cracks, you'd be stopped more than you'd be going. Those Morristown sidewalks are even worse than Erie ones. 

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> On Apr 27, 2016, at 10:20 AM, Caitlyn Furness via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dan,
> I think you have something there.
> 
> When I got my first GDB dog back in the 80’s, he did slow down for changes in terrain-not every crack, but significant things.
> 
> After him I had four owner trained dogs, and I taught them to slow down or stop for terrain changes like paddle did.
> 
> My next dogs were from Seeing eye, and man, you better hang on, because they certainly did not stop for terrain changes!  they’d of course stop for curbs, stairs, etc-big things, but not the  ankle twisting cracks, tree roots, etc.
> 
> My current dog from Gallant Hearts slows down, like Paddle and my OT dogs, so life is a little more sane now!
> 
> Caitlyn
> 
>> On Apr 27, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Dan Weiner via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> That's an interesting question, Tracey...I have noticed last few times
>> around at guide dog school that the dogs were not careful about stopping for
>> changes of surface or cracks at all, all right, every little crack, that's a
>> judgment ccall maybe but changes in surface could be a problem or little
>> steps or raised or falling areas.  I've worked wit my pups when I get home
>> an dwe have a happy medium but I have wondered about that, I don't think my
>> memory was failing me, I thin that 22 years ago when I got my first dog the
>> dogs were made to be more careful.
>> What do you think?
>> 
>> Dan the man with Parker the nut
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> via NAGDU
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 8:24 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Taking really long walks
>> 
>> I got scraped up, but nothing broken, and now he's more careful.
>> My neighborhood has a lot of cracked sidewalks because we have a lot of
>> large trees.  Trees are good; cracked sidewalks not so much.
>> My dogs have all had to learn how to operate here.  If they stopped for
>> every crack, we'd never get anywhere, but, if they don't stop for the worst
>> ones, I trip.  I suppose I could learn to goose-step, picking my feet way
>> up, but I would feel ridiculous.  So my guys learn what will trip me, and
>> what probably won't.
>> I was happy to find a whole section of sidewalk the town had repaired.  Wish
>> they'd do more, but people around here are more interested in streets than
>> sidewalks.
>> Tracy
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina via
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>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 4:46 PM
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>> Original I am so sorry you fell.
>> I hope you didn't brake anything.
>> Maybe the next time you go to that area, your dog will slow down.
>> Wishing you the best.
>> message:
>>> The fall is not OK, but there is no foolproof travel method. I missed 
>>> a turn in a slanted and broken curb the other day and fell. I have 
>>> fallen using my dog, too. It happens. What is not OK for me is if it 
>>> happens because the dog is distracted by, say, other dogs.
>>> Cindy Lou Ray
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer 
>>> via NAGDU
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 2:02 PM
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>>> Cc: Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Taking really long walks
>> 
>>>                       The fall would not be ok with me. I know, easy 
>>> for me to say since I don't have any emotions invested in the two of you.
>>> Is his pace comfortable for you?
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
>>> Carcione via NAGDU
>>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 1:44 PM
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>>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>>> Subject: [NAGDU] Taking really long walks
>> 
>>> The hiker says he works his dog 10-15 miles every day.  I was thinking 
>>> about that.  His dog must have a good pace, or he's got a lot of free 
>>> time.  Maybe he counts it as work time, keeping in shape for hiking.
>> 
>>> Krokus takes about 90 minutes to go 3 miles, though that includes many 
>>> street crossings and a lot of cracked sidewalks.  Even so, he's a bit 
>>> more of a stroller than I'd prefer.  On the other hand, I have tripped 
>>> over a big crack and landed hard, which isn't any fun at all.
>> 
>>> I think Krokus is just a guy who needs some time to react.  He can 
>>> dodge someone rushing out from a shop we're passing, but he'd prefer 
>>> to have some time to plan his moves.  Or maybe I'm making excuses for 
>>> his
>> ambling self.
>> 
>>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
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