[NAGDU] Trip journal

[Cindy Ray]

What if you rate how you feel at the end of the trip rather than how he did.
For instance, if he started out sniffing a bunch and you wanted to choke
him, and then he picks up speed and starts doing lots of things right, then
how do you feel at the end. Or if he does something really special even
though some of the trip has you feeling a little nonplussed, how do you
feel. I am wondering if the rating of your reaction to the trip would be
better. Not sure, of course.
Cindy Lou Ray
cindyray at gmail.com


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Subject: [NAGDU] Trip journal

I was grumbling to a friend about my problems with Krokus, and she suggested
I keep a trip journal.  I write down the trip, some of the highlights and
lowlights, and give it a rating.

It seems kinda useful, so I mention it to the list.  I can look back at the
last few days and see any patterns, and record what's working and what's
not.

I'm not sure about the rating, though.  Krokus tends to be a slow starter.
He screws around when we're starting out, then he gets in a groove and is
good.  So the first part of a trip could be a 2 or 3, then the rest could be
a 7.

Then I ask myself, what's my scale?  Really, my expectation is that a guide
dog would attend to guiding most of the time, only sniffing or getting
distracted a little bit.  So is that a 5, average, or a 9, with 10 being for
outstanding behavior, like a traffic check?  When Krokus actually goes a
whole trip without balking or sniffing, I'm so amazed I give him a high
rating, but I think I'm inflating his grades a bit.

Anyway, there it is, for whatever it's worth.

Tracy

 

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