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Heel on left…why?
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> Most left handed people are more ambidextrous than right handed people are, > because we live in a "right handed" world. Don’t even ask me to try to cut > with left handed scissors, I can’t. I also throw right handed. I eat and > write left handed but can write right handed when pushed. > Having a left or right handed orientation is part of our "hard wiring." > People with strong right brain function tend to be left handed, which is why > a disproportionate number of artists and creative people are left handed. > The left brain, which orients to the right side, is > analytical/science/reason, the right brain is creative/artistic. Well that’s > oversimplification, but close enough. 
Had a couple students years ago, identical twins, very bright. More like mirror image twins, though. One was right handed, one was left. One was more detail/math oriented, the other was more of the overall picture/language oriented. Both had virtually identical GPAs at graduation – difference of less than .01, or something like that, but each was higher/lower in the areas they were/weren’t strong in. It was fascinating seeing them go from kindergarten to HS graduation. One of the art teachers, in particular, was very interested in their respective approaches to doing the same projects. (They were home schooled, mother was a teacher.) (karibear)
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>Uh oh! I’m right handed, hunting dog on left and I shoot left-handed! >What’s a gal to do?? > Carry two pistols? > Or, just carry a sawed off 12 guage. > Works with either hand.
LOL!!! You don’t even need to aim with a shot gun! Point in the general vicinity of. I had lazy eye in my right eye really bad when I was small and now have a big problem with left eye dominance. I can see fine for getting around with the right eye, but can’t see the sights and the target at the same time with it. Left eye I’m dead on. Dad’s getting me set up with a lefty .22 mag bolt action this summer. :) Beats the heck out of the single-shot breech loader rim fire squirrel gun I’ve been using. That sucker is a lot tougher to use than one would think. I’m not legal to carry a pistol (must be 21… can carry a shot gun at 4. Go figure). but MAN! When you’re out with the dogs on a training run and simulate a shot at whatever they treed they get so disgusted with you when nothing falls for them to fight. They think you are such a moron and won’t come near you. (how did you miss? I treed it!!!) <sigh> -Amanda & Lucy http://uberpest.50megs.com
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Definitely an oversimplification, but I do think I’m more creative than some of my friends who are also scientists. I’m a left-handed scientist. Personally, I think that to actually be a good scientist, a person has to be creative. That’s what discovering new things is all about! Jillian – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Having a left or right handed orientation is part of our "hard wiring." > People with strong right brain function tend to be left handed, which is why > a disproportionate number of artists and creative people are left handed. > The left brain, which orients to the right side, is > analytical/science/reason, the right brain is creative/artistic. Well that’s > oversimplification, but close enough.
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I’m mostly ambidextrous when it comes to simple things > like pool, hammering, and ping-pong.
Most left handed people are more ambidextrous than right handed people are, because we live in a "right handed" world. Don’t even ask me to try to cut with left handed scissors, I can’t. I also throw right handed. I eat and write left handed but can write right handed when pushed. Having a left or right handed orientation is part of our "hard wiring." People with strong right brain function tend to be left handed, which is why a disproportionate number of artists and creative people are left handed. The left brain, which orients to the right side, is analytical/science/reason, the right brain is creative/artistic. Well that’s oversimplification, but close enough.
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>Even when I went to school during the "dark ages" of the mid >1960s there were teachers who wanted to change me from a >leftie to a rightie–it was still commonly done in those >days. My Mom refused to even consider it.
My mother was forced to become right-handed in school. To this day, she has to look for her wedding ring if you ask her "which is your left hand?" My first grade teacher, an older lady, wanted to change me to a rightie. Naturally, my mother flat-out refused to allow. When my left hand was in a cast, I learned to write with my right hand. I’m mostly ambidextrous when it comes to simple things like pool, hammering, and ping-pong. — –Matt. Rocky’s a Dog.
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>> Naw, your mistake was not packing a pistol on your > right hip! > BG! >Uh oh! I’m right handed, hunting dog on left and I shoot left-handed! >What’s a gal to do??
Carry two pistols? Or, just carry a sawed off 12 guage. Works with either hand. BG! Terri
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>My Mom refused to even consider it. My > fourth grade teacher, and older woman, thought being left handed was awful > and never missed an opportunity to jab at me about it.
My Mom was a leftie… until she got smacked at school (by teachers) for it enough times… all of the "older" grandkids are righties, all the younger ones (younger than me- gap of 10 years) are lefties. Odd. -Amanda & Lucy http://uberpest.50megs.com
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> Their guns?? I was told that it was because most people use thier > right hands to open doors, shake hands, etc. > Yep, it’s a "right handed" world. :-)
It wasn’t that long ago when left handed people were truly considered to be "of the devil." Jesus sat on the lord’s right hand, and on his left hand the devil or something like that. Being left handed was NOT something to be proud of and I’m amazed that daVinci got away with it during his time. Even when I went to school during the "dark ages" of the mid 1960s there were teachers who wanted to change me from a leftie to a rightie–it was still commonly done in those days. My Mom refused to even consider it. My fourth grade teacher, and older woman, thought being left handed was awful and never missed an opportunity to jab at me about it.
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> Naw, your mistake was not packing a pistol on your > right hip! > BG!
Uh oh! I’m right handed, hunting dog on left and I shoot left-handed! What’s a gal to do?? -Amanda & Lucy http://uberpest.50megs.com
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But I’m a pretty quick draw with a squirt bottle, which incidently I DO use my right hand for most of the time. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Naw, your mistake was not packing a pistol on your >right hip! >BG! >Stephanie >>> Because most people are right handed and carried their guns on the >>> right. Therefore the dog is out of the way on the left side of the >>> handler.
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>I guess that’s why I had such a problem with heel… >I’m a lefty! :-)
Naw, your mistake was not packing a pistol on your right hip! BG! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Stephanie >> Because most people are right handed and carried their guns on the >> right. Therefore the dog is out of the way on the left side of the >> handler.
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>That also means you mount >a horse from the left side so the sword doesn’t get in the way.
Funny you should mention that. I just signed my daughter up for horseback riding lessons, and the instructor told everyone that on the first day. I had never heard that before, and now I’ve heard it twice in one week! Dogstar716 Come see Gunnars Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dogstar716/index.html
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>I guess that’s why I had such a problem with heel… >I’m a lefty! :-) >Stephanie
It’s your choice. My brother-in-law, who hunts, is a lefty. His dog heels on his right.
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>> Why do most obedience regulations require the dog to be on the >> handler’s left side, as opposed to the right? >Because most people are right handed and carried their guns on the right. >Therefore the dog is out of the way on the left side of the handler. > Their guns?? I was told that it was because most people use thier > right hands to open doors, shake hands, etc.
Yep, it’s a "right handed" world. :-) Shelly (the lefty who works her dogs off both sides, but mostly the left), Coda & Guiness…
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> Because most people are right handed and carried their guns on the right. > Therefore the dog is out of the way on the left side of the handler.
Guns and horses. You lead a horse on your right, dog on left. Same reason why swords are carried on the left. They’re carried on the left because a right handed person would draw from left to right. That also means you mount a horse from the left side so the sword doesn’t get in the way. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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I guess that’s why I had such a problem with heel… I’m a lefty! :-) Stephanie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Because most people are right handed and carried their guns on the right. > Therefore the dog is out of the way on the left side of the handler. >Guns and horses. You lead a horse on your right, dog on left. Same reason >why swords are carried on the left. They’re carried on the left because a >right handed person would draw from left to right. That also means you mount >a horse from the left side so the sword doesn’t get in the way.
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> Their guns?? I was told that it was because most people use thier > right hands to open doors, shake hands, etc.
*History* remains even tho something might not be common today. Ruth CM
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Yes that is now. But in the past men had guns in their hands. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Why do most obedience regulations require the dog to be on the >> handler’s left side, as opposed to the right? >Because most people are right handed and carried their guns on the right. >Therefore the dog is out of the way on the left side of the handler. > Their guns?? I was told that it was because most people use thier > right hands to open doors, shake hands, etc.
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this wouldn’t work in england where traffic is on the opposite side of the road. i have also always been told the reason for the left-sided heel was that guns for hunting (the original purpose of almost all breeds and many still today) are usually carried on the right side. — Ruth Nichols
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Wow. Your name is almost identical to mine. That’s freaky as hell. I > never use AOL though. Header– BST?? > It’s on the left because it’s not in the line of traffic when walking down > the side of the street (properly). There are other reasons, but I’m not > entirely sure why. > -Amanda & Lucy > http://uberpest.50megs.com > Why do most obedience regulations require the dog to be on the > handler’s left side, as opposed to the right?
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Oh Damn it! That’s what I get for typing not paying attention. Or not get as the case may be.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Do I get the vomit bag or does it go to Melissa? I think she >answered first. > You get it. She answered first, but you pinpointed the BST. > Congratulations! > — > –Matt. Rocky’s a Dog.
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>Header– BST??
Correctomundo. — –Matt. Rocky’s a Dog.
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>Header– BST?? > Correctomundo.
SWEET!!! Do I get the vomit bag or does it go to Melissa? I think she answered first. -Amanda & Lucy never at AO-Hell http://uberpest.50megs.com
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>Do I get the vomit bag or does it go to Melissa? I think she >answered first.
You get it. She answered first, but you pinpointed the BST. Congratulations! — –Matt. Rocky’s a Dog.
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Because most people are right handed and carried their guns on the right. Therefore the dog is out of the way on the left side of the handler.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Why do most obedience regulations require the dog to be on the > handler’s left side, as opposed to the right?
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Wow. Your name is almost identical to mine. That’s freaky as hell. I never use AOL though. Header– BST?? It’s on the left because it’s not in the line of traffic when walking down the side of the street (properly). There are other reasons, but I’m not entirely sure why. -Amanda & Lucy http://uberpest.50megs.com
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Why do most obedience regulations require the dog to be on the > handler’s left side, as opposed to the right?