(VICT) Re: stairs and curbs
- From: "Julie J." <jlcrane@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:39:18 -0500
Bren,
Thanks much! Glad to hear all is well with you. Are you getting another
guide? Still thinking of owner training? Or am I getting you mixed up with
someone else?
I wanted to share this kinda neat way of orienting yourself to approaches to
things where you need a bit of advance notice, like curbs, obstacles or
steps.
Before I had used my cane or a sound cue like a radio or TV heard through an
open window. It worked okay, but I worried that my cane might become the
cue to stop. It didn't with Belle, but I think some dogs might think so.
And the audio cue didn't provide the preciseness that I sometimes wanted or
needed. But anyway I read or heard somewhere to put a sprinkling of sand
before the step, obstacle or whatever. I think this will work out really
well. Definitely for outdoor use, but cheap and very doable.
I'll try it out and let you guys know how it works out.
Julie
http://www.livingblind.com/eml
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and
those who matter don't mind.
Dr. Seuss
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenda-Ann Gillis" <hc89x48@xxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the National
Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 1:57 PM
Subject: (VICT) Re: stairs and curbs
> Dear Julie,
>
> Personally, I like the way in which Ivy and I have come to do the stair
> deal. This gal stops at the beginning of a flight, positioning me near
> the
> left banister/railing. I locate the step with my foot, tap the railing
> with
> my hand, praise my dog and give her a forward command, she then pauses on
> the final step prior to the landing or bottom. If it is a landing, I give
> her a hup-up and she again brings me to the railing side of the flight and
> we repeat the process. I found this better than a simple pause in travel
> as
> it allows me to have my right hand on the railing while ascending or
> descending. Ivy is just plain cautious about steps in general. She even
> blocks my ascent/decent on a flight of stairs at home while off leash and
> awaits the tap of that hand on the hand rail. (This assumes of course
> that
> the semi-retiree is not snoozing on the bed missing my household action in
> favor of a sunny patch on my comforter.)
>
> Good luck and I too am interested in the various ways people approach the
> completion of the task as well as clever positive methods for teaching it
> to
> the dogs.
>
> Make it a great day! It's good to be back with you guys, gals and pups.
>
> Bren
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie J." <jlcrane@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 11:39 AM
> Subject: (VICT) stairs and curbs
>
>
>>I am working on a training plan for my new dog and trying to iron out some
>>details of exactly how I want to work this dog. So here's my question...
>> How do you prefer to approach stairs and upcurbs?
>>
>> the options that I have come up with
>> *complete stop before step, find with foot, continue
>> *complete stop with dog's front feet on step, find faster with foot,
>> continue
>> *pause before step, expect step, step up without finding with foot
>>
>> If you have used more than one of these methods or something completely
>> different, I would love to hear about it.
>>
>> I originally taught a complete stop, but then found it too time consuming
>> so I then taught the pause method. That's faster, but isn't as accurate.
>>
>> Ideas? Thoughts?
>> Julie
>> http://www.livingblind.com/eml
>> Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter
>> and those who matter don't mind.
>>
>> Dr. Seuss
>>
>>
>
>
>
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