[nagdu] shorelining

[Garry and Joy Relton]

I don't usually use the cane with country work but I use it when I want to
check her work or correct some habits of drifting into the road. What you do
is walk along the left side of the road/path and say "left, left'.
occasionally, you put you dog at sit, and use your cane to check how close
you are to the edge of the path//road. If it isn't close enough, you show
the dog and then get the cane back out of the way and work the dog. I've
been known to use a foot to explore when she acts as though she can't go
over any further. Very often there is a reason.

-----Original Message-----
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Of Margo and Elmo
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 6:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] shorelining


At the Seeing eye, a cane is used as part of country work and the cane is 
used as an obstacle to keep the dog on course.  It's been a very long since 
I've used the technique so maybe a more recent Seeing Eye grad can explain 
it.  I like using the cane with my dog during country work.

margo and Elmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 7:50 PM
Subject: [nagdu] shorelining


> Julie asked about how different programs train for shorelining.
>
> I can tell you what GDF does these days.
>
> There is a lecture about the "straight line" concept which explains 
> how
> the
> dogs are taught to walk just left of center on a sidewalk. Then, there is
> another short lecture and individual teaching about shorelining or country
> travel.
>
> We always worked a left shoreline on country walks, those without
> sidewalks.
> GDF does have commands "over left" and "over right" which mean that the 
> dog
> should move over that direction slightly but the command I was taught to 
> use
> when working a road without sidewalks where I need to shoreline was "stay
> left" or "stay right".
>
> They began teaching a right shoreline as a test back in the mid '90's. 
> My last two classes, 2005 and 2008, it was part of class.
>
> I find that where I live, due to curving road and poor lines of sight 
> for drivers, it's safer to work the right side of several roads. My 
> instructor put a lot of work into his dogs doing right shoulder work, 
> as we call it, because he said it is the harder of the two shoreline 
> methods to teach and reinforce. I have to say that Swap is extremely 
> good at it too.
>
> These shorelining techniques can also be used to navigate parking 
> lots.
>
> I think the country walks, especially during the home training part of 
> my recent training with Swap, are the most exhausting for me. In the 
> beginning, until you learn the dog's moves and trust him or her to 
> keep that perfect alignment with the edge, it takes a lot of 
> monitoring.
>
>
>
> Jenine Stanley
> jeninems at wowway.com
>
>
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