[NAGDU] something that happened to me today

[Caitlyn Furness]

I agree.  Practicing as much as you can will definitely help.

this is also a common problem for us guide dog handlers when we approach  a door.  People always want or feel like they have to open them for us.  they are just being nice, but it creates problems, because the dogs soon figure out that they don’t need to take us all the way up to the door, because somebody else will open it.

you just also have to do the best you can.  I try and explain to people when I have the time.  Sadly, though, lots just get offended and don’t really listen to the explanations of why..

Caitlyn

> On Mar 30, 2016, at 7:05 AM, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I understand how you are feeling, but maybe for a while you need to find
> buttons daily so it is cemented into the pup's brain. People don't get
> "button" commands, and so you can't completely fault that. I understand the
> frustration though.
> Cindy Lou Ray
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abby Bolling via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:29 PM
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> Cc: Abby Bolling <violingirl30794 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAGDU] something that happened to me today
> 
> Hi all!
> Well, I had an interesting day today! And here is the rant I put on FB
> because I've started using FB like a blog... (I really need to just get a
> blog and get it over with...) Anyway!
> 
> **Begin FB Post**
> 
> My dog should know the command "Find the button" by now. But she doesn't!
> Why?
> Because people keep coming up behind me and pushing it for her when she is
> no where near it. I understand people trying to help, but the person who did
> this today, you didn't help, you actually just undid about three weeks of
> target training that we as a team were working on. Help is always
> appreciated, don't get me wrong, but ASK!!!
> Think of the situation this way. You have a three-year-old child who has
> just thrown a temper tantrum in the grocery store. You get up to the check
> out and the child wants a candy bar. You tell him/her no because they
> mis-behaved. What would you do as a parent if the casheer just reached over
> and handed your child a candy bar after you told them no?
> In essence, that is what this person just did to me and my dog. I want her
> to find the button, that is why I told her "Button" but in this person
> pushing the button for me when I was no where near it taught Cricket that it
> is ok to ignore the command "button" and instead that she can go to the
> "door." Which is not acceptable behavior. I have taught her "button" for a
> reason, and now I have to re-teach her "button." and I am a student! I don't
> have time to re-teach my dog commands because people won't let her do her
> job!
> 
> ** end of post**
> 
> After my class, Cricket and I walked around the Student Union for about a
> half an hour finding buttons for her to target. She finally got it, but
> let's hope that the training will stick until Thursday when I can get back
> on campus. She's a smart girl, so I hope and pray that it will...
> But, I still don't get humanity.
> 
> --
> Abigail M. Bolling
> Wright State University-2018: Rehabilitation Services
> Phone: (513) 512-3456
> Email: bolling.8 at wright.edu
> Abilities United: Secretary
> Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users, a chapter of the National Federation of
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> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
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