[guidedogchat] Re: kerbs
- From: Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furness@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:06:46 -0400
Hi,
I don’t think the loops on the brit harnesses are as tight fitting as the ones
over here can be.
You might work with longer handles, but not sure on that one!
Here, the schools tell you that your position relative to the dog should be
that you walk at the dog’s hip, or slightly in front of the hip. any further
back and you can’t tell what the dog is doing, any further forward and you
block the dog’s vision, so they say.
Like you, I like the a style, and it’s what I use most of the time.
Cait and Mags
> On Dec 26, 2002, at 5:21 PM, J Kimbell <whitetiger62@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I had a B type with my last dog, the handle didnt pull out my hand when he
> sat. Maybe the loops are a bit bigger to allow a little more flexibility or
> we work with longer handles. I have an A type now and much prefer it.
> Julia
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caitlyn Furness"
> <caitlyn.furness@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 7:03 PM
> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: kerbs
>
>
> coming in very late on this.
>
> the reason that North American dogs would pull the handle out of your hand if
> they sat to indicate things is that the handle is more in the b position with
> loops of leather to help stabilize it. It just doesn’t move much like the
> Brit handles do.
>
> hth,
> Caitlyn
>
>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Melanie Akpotu <melaniemacneill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have always had sitting at kerb dogs, and no, the harness never falls out
>> of your hand when the dog sits! Doesn't your dog ever sit to indicate
>> anything then? Ours also sit to indicate a flight of stairs down and for
>> various other reasons, such as a hole/obstruction across the pavement.
>>
>> Mel.
>> -----Original Message----- From: Charles Rivard
>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 8:24 PM
>> To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: kerbs
>>
>> At GDB, they are trained to stop, but they are still standing. I would
>> think that having them sit would possibly be a problem. You are walking,
>> holding the harness handle, and, wouldn't the dog pull the handle out of
>> your hand by sitting down?
>>
>> ---
>> Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished,
>> you! really! are! finished!
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam" <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 12:51 PM
>> Subject: [guidedogchat] kerbs
>>
>>
>> hi everyone
>> just wondering how other guide dogs r trained when it comes to kerbs. was
>> told by a friend that the dogs here in ireland used to b trained to sit when
>> they came to a kerb. this was before i got callie so don't know when they
>> changed it or why. but now the dogs r trained to stop at kerbs. so just
>> curious how it works in other countries. thanks :)
>> pam
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
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