During my initial three weeks of training with my guide dog, Jackson, we had a lot of new, exciting, and sometimes scary experiences.
One that I remember most is when we were introduced to obstacles.
The trainers set up various objects along the sidewalk that were meant to block our path. Then, as a team, Jackson and I had to figure out how to work around them.
This exercise was meant to mimic a real-life scenario in which our route may become unexpectedly blocked and we would have to decide how to navigate the situation.
As Jackson and I walked along, I did not know exactly what the obstacles were or what the outcome would be, I just knew they were coming.
