[NAGDU] Horrible Left Tendency

Jordan Gallacher jordangandoliver at gmail.com
Tue Aug 27 23:06:43 UTC 2019


Which was one of the problems with Belto, and Leader Dogs told me that was perfectly fine for him to be doing.
Jordan

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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Horrible Left Tendency

but here's a problem folks, if you have a left tender you are saying you should pull the dog to the right or step to the right, how do you know there  isn't  something on the right side that you will trip over or a clearance issue? unless you use your cane of course to check. the only time I would find it an absolute emergency and not to be tolerated would be during a street crossing and if the left side were the parallel traffic, now that would be a serious issue indeed.




On 8/27/2019 4:02 PM, Sherri via NAGDU wrote:
> Wow, I wish I had known that suggestion.  I had an extremely 
> left-walking dog.  Someone told me it's because they are taught to 
> walk on the left side of the street, so they incorporate that into 
> their walking behavior.  I was never successful getting her to walk much on the right side of anything.
>
> Sherri
>
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> Michael, I was advised to do likewise. With one dog that didn't work at all.
> She resisted all the more. Then there was a dog that I could correct 
> using the method, but she'd bounce back to scraping the buildings. 
> There was not an explanation for same. They're trained to walk in the middle, though.
>
> Sunshine
>
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>> On Aug 27, 2019, at 10:55 AM, Mike Hingson via NAGDU 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> Julie,
>>
>> I have experienced the same thing. I never have gotten a good 
>> explanation for this tendency. One suggestion a trainer did offer is 
>> that when your dog veers to the left, push your harness handle even 
>> further to the left. This is a bit uncomfortable for the dog and they 
>> move to the right to correct. I found that this suggestion did work some.
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>>
>> Michael Hingson
>>
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>> Subject: [NAGDU] Horrible Left Tendency
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This has probably been discussed before, so I apologize for repeated
> topics.
>> But how have you handled a ridiculously pronounced left tendency your 
>> dog continues to display?  My dog, Bill, is 7 years old, and he has 
>> gotten super stubborn lately about sticking to the left side of 
>> everything.  I mean that he will hug walls, keep me on the left sides 
>> of sidewalks to the point where I am hesitating to walk so close to 
>> the edge or to the buildings we're nearly brushing up against, and he 
>> pretty much refuses to redirect towards to the right.
>>
>> I know dogs are trained on the left.  I know they prefer the left.  I 
>> have mentioned this to my school, and they don't seem to think it's a 
>> big
> deal.
>> But it's creating problems for me as I try to walk with others.
>>
>> I have used his leash to show him where I want him to walk.  I've 
>> corrected for hitting walls and corners with his harness.  I've also 
>> just stopped when he actively shoots to the left as we walk.  When I 
>> let go of the harness, he literally walks to the left.  I have an 
>> offset handle, and it's possible I lean to the right, and he is 
>> reacting to oppose my motion, but I dislike being pulled to the left.
>> It makes me feel uncomfortable.  He still takes me around obstacles 
>> to the right, so maybe there is hope.
>>
>> Any ideas?  I don't use food rewards much, but if it's the best 
>> solution for fixing this, I can break them out again.  Working with 
>> my first dog was a battle much of the time for this and other 
>> reasons.  I absolutely love working this dog.  He is responsive and 
>> well-behaved and teachable, but this challenge is only creating a 
>> dividing line between us.  Thank you in advance.
>>
>> --
>> Julie A. McGinnity
>> MM Vocal Performance, 2015; President, National Federation of the 
>> Blind Performing Arts Division; First Vice President, National 
>> Federation of the Blind of Missouri
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