[NAGDU] Some Questions About Guiding Eyes

[Lisa Belville]

Tracey, this is what I thought backtracking was, too.?? I've also heard 
it called reversing a route, i.e. you go someplace using mostly right 
turns and the route back uses left turns.?? Some dogs find it boring, 
especially ones with more initiative.?? Still, there are times when this 
is the way I want to go.?? It could be for safety reasons such as 
construction work or me just being too hot/tired.


I wouldn't want a school telling me this is something I shouldn't be 
doing with my dogs.?? IMO if someone doesn't use backtracking often 
there's no harm in doing it occasionally.?????? I'd be interested to hear 
GEB's reasoning for this policy.


Lisa


Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

On 7/30/2019 12:19 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU wrote:
> What I call backtracking is when the dog can reverse a path, without too
> much input from me.  I had one dog who was really good at it.  If we'd go
> hiking, say, then decide after a while we wanted to go back the way we'd
> come, I'd turn her around, tell her Forward, and she'd remember where we
> turned and go back to where we started.  Pretty handy.  But not all dogs
> can do it well.  For me, it's a nice extra, but by no means a must-have.
> Others may feel differently.
> Tracy
>
>> Hmm, what do you mean by backtracking?
>>
>> On 7/29/19, Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>  From what I was told when I had my home visit from Guiding Eyes, they do
>>> have mandatory follow ups, and the following is what ended up me taking
>>> them
>>> off the list.  They absolutely do not want you doing any back tracking
>>> nor
>>> do they want their dogs doing anything but really simple street
>>> crossings.
>>>
>>> Jordan
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet via
>>> NAGDU
>>> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2019 9:48 PM
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>>> Cc: Danielle Ledet <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [NAGDU] Some Questions About Guiding Eyes
>>>
>>> Hey yall,
>>> I am considering strongly putting in my application for Guiding Eyes.
>>> How long do retrains have to stay? And, do they have mandatory yearly
>>> followup visits? That's all for now, but do share your experiences with
>>> the
>>> school for training and after you and your dog have been working for
>>> awhile.
>>> Positives? Negatives? Thanks you guys!
>>>
>>> I met a Guiding Eyes dog and was very impressed with the responsiveness
>>> even
>>> when not in harness. I prefer my dogs to be seroius when working and not
>>> be
>>> easily distracted. This was a dog fresh out of training and all of 2
>>> years
>>> old.
>>>
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