[nagdu] opinions of other blind people

[Jeffrey Schwartz]

The world is full of ignorant, opinionated, ill informed, rude people.
Should the blind be exempt.

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Marsha
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 10:00 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] opinions of other blind people

And those people that do not have dogs, those people who have never trained
with a guide, those that have no clue, think it is abuse to put them on tie
down and or the crate. I tell people that these dogs, have grown up this way
there entire life, this is all they know, so it is not abuse to them either,
but that most people just make it much more of a big deal than necessary. I
have no issues educating, but when people become weird about it, there is
not enough education you can give a person as they will never listen. 
Marsha



-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Angie Matney
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 6:44 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] opinions of other blind people

Hi Marsha,

Yes, it does make sense. I know it can be hard to get past the guilt of
retirement. My first dog retired and 9.5, and I had to deal with guilt from
that, since, after all, some people's dogs work untill they're 11 oar so.

Anyway...it's hard to move past that, but you can trust your own judgment.
If you're just not sure, try to imagine what an instructor would say. And
even if you happen to make a mistake at any point, it's not the place of
your friends to tell you how to 
handle the dog. Putting a dog on tiedown or in a crate is not abuse.

Best,

Angie



On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:13:40 -0500, Marsha wrote:

>Oh I know that SE would have told them that if the dog is working well, if
>they are being fed and parked, and seem to be happy then whatever. It just
>seems I have run into this much more here than any where else. I should
make
>up SE cards and hand them to a person when they try to do this to me. 

>But I guess as a good handler, I say good because I think I am very good
>with my puppy, that when ever people say something to me it makes me feel
>guilty. It makes me question what I am doing, how I am doing it, and so on.
>I just do not want to be wrong, I am on my second guide, and the first was
>retired, and yes there is a lot of guilt there. I just want to be doing the
>best. So for me it is a fine line between being right knowing what I am
>doing right is really right for me and then defending what is right. I do
>not know if that makes any sense? 
>Marsha 





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