[NAGDU] Quick question regarding my seeing eye dog

[Haley Sumner]

Thanks so much Jameyanne and Cindy for your wonderful perspectives. I will try leaving via my garage door and continue placing small variations within my route to give Ezzie a mix up and make the walk more interesting for both her and I. Also, I love the name Mobsy, and I'm bummed we were unable to meet at convention this year, hopefully next year. Welcome to the list :)

Haley Sumner 

> On Jul 19, 2016, at 14:00, Jameyanne Fuller via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Cindy, you're right. My email wasn't very clear. What I meant was I think
> there's probably some of both issues going on--boredom with the same route
> causing the stopping in the driveway and a fear of the angled step either
> for herself or for Haley.
> Jameyanne
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Quick question regarding my seeing eye dog
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> I don't think the step is because of boredom. That seems more like the
> angle. But there might be other indications of boredom.
> Cindy Lou Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Quick question regarding my seeing eye dog
> 
> Hi Haley,
> It could be she's bored with the route, but it could also be something to do
> with the angled step. My parents have wooden steps, and Mopsy slipped once
> and has since been afraid to walk down the steps from the second floor to
> the first floor unless I'm walking right with her, but she doesn't have
> problems with any other steps. Has your dog have problems with this step
> before? Is there another way outside you could use, even if it's just to
> test if she's stopping there too? You could also try taking the leash in
> your right hand and sort of tugging forward in front of her nose--like in
> the direction you want her to be moving. A Seeing Eye instructor showed me
> this when I was having problems with Mopsy stopping because she was getting
> bored, and it's worked wonders. Hope this is helpful.
> Jameyanne
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> Cc: Haley Sumner <haleysumner97 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Quick question regarding my seeing eye dog
> 
> Hey all!!
> I have a quick question. My dog has been having a tendency, as of late, to
> hesitate going down my front step, and it takes a lot of coaxing and
> sometimes a collar coax to convince her to go. The step goes down at an
> angle, so could she be afraid because of that. This also happens as we walk
> down my driveway but once we're on the sidewalk to do our route, she's
> totally fine. As she's guiding me to my parents parked car which is in the
> driveway, she's ready to go, as she knows we'll be venturing to another area
> to work other than my neighborhood.     Is this her way of showing me that
> she's getting bored of the small route we take in my neighborhood every day?
> Lol she's golden otherwise.   
> 
> Haley Sumner
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