One Man and his Guide Dog - Episode 19
Well just back from the Caravan. Krissie the guide dog trainer came all the way down to Northampton to help re routes there which are quite difficult in that there are no pavements and we needed to ensure that Izzy's traffic awareness and caution was not impaired by us walking towards moving cars. She was very interested in ducks, geese, swans, squirrels and of course anyone that came bye. With no landmarks for me to identify easily other than speed humps it was largely down to repeatedly going over the routes with Izzy and she then learned them pretty quickly. we erected a temporary spending pen which she ignored and got back to her old tricks of getting onto the settee which of course was our fault as we did not put any barriers up as at home so who's fault is it then? big test tomorrow re regular routes and going to Kings Cross so fingers crossed!
Well just back from the Caravan. Krissie the guide dog trainer came all the way down to Northampton to help re routes there which are quite difficult in that there are no pavements and we needed to ensure that Izzy's traffic awareness and caution was not impaired by us walking towards moving cars. She was very interested in ducks, geese, swans, squirrels and of course anyone that came bye. With no landmarks for me to identify easily other than speed humps it was largely down to repeatedly going over the routes with Izzy and she then learned them pretty quickly. we erected a temporary spending pen which she ignored and got back to her old tricks of getting onto the settee which of course was our fault as we did not put any barriers up as at home so who's fault is it then? big test tomorrow re regular routes and going to Kings Cross so fingers crossed!
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