[nagdu] Finding chairs?

[sheila]

tracy that is really funny. My first dog Drake would take me back to 
familiar objects or places and your right that skill is very useful. 
Tres will do that but isn't as obvious about it and he never gives up or 
seems to get frustrated with me which is nice.
On 3/28/2014 5:47 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
> Once at a convention hotel with Echo, I got mixed up and couldn't find 
> the elevator, and Echo couldn't understand what I wanted, so she 
> started showing me things I might want. She showed me where we'd sat 
> to have breakfast.  It was very helpful, because then I knew where I 
> was and could give her useful directions.
>
> I heard a funny story a while back.  A dog and his rather chunky 
> mistress got onto the subway, and she told him to find a seat.  He saw 
> an empty seat between two people.  He looked at the seat, and back at 
> his large person, and decided, nope, too small, and went looking for a 
> seat with more space. Smart dog!
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Finding chairs?
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>
>> LOL
>> Jenny is usually pretty good at finding EMPTY chairs as opposed to 
>> full ones.
>>
>> I used the treat suggestion, and what do ya know... she found 3 
>> chairs with the backs facing her! YAY!
>>
>> jenny is really funny sometimes, because if we've been somewhere 
>> before she will often want to go to the same seat we've sat in 
>> before.  This is usually not a problem, but occasionally the seat may 
>> not be occupied, but the table is....
>>
>> Daryl and the funny Jenny girl
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: craig heaps <craig.heaps at comcast.net>
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users 
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>> Sent: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:24:53 -0600 (MDT)
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Finding chairs?
>>
>> I clicker trained Chase to "find the chair." It even works on BART 
>> trains. However, I need to teach him to discriminate whether the 
>> chair is occupied or empty. Occasionally he lays his nose on the knee 
>> of someone sitting in the side facing disabled seats. I guess that's 
>> not entirely a bad thing.
>>
>> I haven't noticed any issues with chairs pushed in.
>>
>> Craig and the chair-finding Chase
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 10:46:34 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Finding chairs?
>>
>> hey,
>>
>> Been working with Jenny on finding chairs lately, and I noticed one 
>> thing she struggles with is finding chairs that are pushed in and/or 
>> have full arms (a la a couch). She does fantastic with benches, and 
>> pretty good with chairs that are out... does anyone ahve any pointers 
>> on this, or just keep working on it?
>>
>> Daryl and Jenny (who is confused by cushy chairs in the conference room)
>>
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