[NAGDU] leading your dog on the opposite side

Fri Nov 1 21:51:24 UTC 2024

Hi Josh,
I used a cane for decades, but now I have a 3 year old guide dog who I trained with a year and a half ago.  In your situation, looking for your parents driveway on the right side of the road, I would just walk on the right side of the sidewalk-less road. Guide dogs should be trained to walk on both sides of roads where there are no sidewalks. In fact, I often walk on the right side as there are many sidewalk-less roads near where I live.If I stay on the left, I miss my turn off!
 Plus I think guide dogs should also be trained to for cars whose engines are on and who may be backing up, such as when you walk behind them in parking lots, when crossing driveways, etc.

But anyway, Igot my dog from GDB and they teach dogs to walk on both sides of sidewalk-less roads, which has been really helpful to me.
Good luck
Debbie

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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] leading your dog on the opposite side

I was just thinking that: what if you are training your dog to find something that is on your left when walking down a road with no sidewalks.
Example: my parents driveway to their house is along a road with no sidewalks. And I walk on the left side of the road, and then I find the driveway with my cane. The house is at the bottom of a mountain with woods on either side. So if I were to train a guide dog, horse, whatever you have, to find that driveway, would it not be beneficial to switch sides with your dog to train them to find that driveway? Of course maybe I am completely wrong here. I won't have a guide animal for a year, maybe two.
But training a dog or mini horse to find a driveway should be a similar process. I like to think about stuff ahead of time and sort of plan out how I will accomplish certain training tasks.

Josh

On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 5:06 PM paula jordan via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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> Hi Josh and all.  I had a fully torn rotator cuff and the surgery and
> rehab that went with it several years ago.  I had my guide re-trained
> to work on the right side for those 3or 4 months.  It can be done, but
> it takes a lot of practice and patience on both the handler's and the
> dog's part.  The handler needs to reverse the foot he leads with, and,
> at least for me, my balance was somewhat impacted.  It also means that
> the dog needs to look more to his/her left to protect the handler.  As
> I said, it can be done but takes some work for both dog and handler.
> God bless!
> Paula and the pups
>
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> hi,
> Just out of curiosity, I know that traditionally when walking with a
> guide dog the dog is on your left and you hold the harness with your
> left hand leaving your right hand free? But are there times when you
> may have to go on the opposite side and have your dog briefly guide
> you as the dog is on your right, instead of left, or the opposite
> side?
>
> Josh
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