[NAGDU] something that happened to me today

[larry d keeler]

Holly actually is really good at that! I tell her to find pole. She does and
puts her nose on the button. I should teach her how to press the thing! But,
I usually don't fuss if someone else presses it. A couple of times, I have
just told someone to hold on and watch. They can be amazed that Holly finds
the button for me! 

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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


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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
the Blind of Ohio: Secretary "keep a smile on your face and a song in your
heart, and just let the music play." (Julie Anderson-Diamond) "Dance like no
one is watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like no one is
listening, and live like it's Heaven on earth." (William Purkey) The
National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.
  


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