[nagdu] Small house, Big yard, I don't think PET is the right word.

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Hey Mardi, I had a chuckle about the guppies and the need to seperate the 
babies. We had them as kids and we had tons of them and suddenly, there were 
only a few of them - yummy babies!! (grin!)

I think people really object to the "emotional support" dogs that aren't 
trained to do anything.  The problem comes in when these dogs are out in 
public and they aren't socialized for that and they create alot of trouble 
for people around them. I was just talking to someone yesterday and he was 
telling me about these two supposed service dogs in a little market nearby 
his home.  They were growling and wanting to fight each other in the market. 
He said he couldn't figure out what the "service dogs" were doing for the 
owners.  He said he was confused because the dogs were wearing service dog 
vests and weren't doing anything to mitigate the person's disability.  I 
told him that many people get service dog vests off the Internet and pass 
them off as real service dogs. You don't have to prove a disability to buy 
these vests, either.  I told the guy that this was a real problem for us 
with our guide dogs and that these problems impact our own access problems 
with our guides.

I occassionally encounter "emotional support" dogs on the bus who are very 
well behaved and the dogs are comfortable on the bus and out in public. One 
even lay quietly under the same seat as Landon - Landon misbehaved because 
he really wanted to make a new friend!  If the dog is well behaved and 
socialized, then I don't object to their presence.

Good luck with your new dogs!

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 1:09 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Small house, Big yard, I don't think PET is the right word.


> Hi every one,   Jen my house is not very big. @ bed rooms, 1 bath, 
> 1kitchen,
> 1 living room.   The kitchen is small and I don't spend a lot of time in 
> it.
> I cook , and wash dishes and that is it.   1 bed room is set up with my 
> fish
> business. The other bed room is part storage room and has 3 dog crates 
> also
> set up in there. I sleep , use the computer, watch TV and do almost every
> thing else in the living room. It being the largest room has the bed/sofa
> combo, 4 fish tanks , the computer , the TV , and several dog crates in 
> it.
> This is also the hardest room to keep clean,so I have a house keeper that
> comes every 2 weeks to help with that. Some times it is a bit crowded, but 
> I
> don't mind as all this keeps me busy and that is what I need to keep 
> sane.I
> am not one to just sit around. to me that is boring and depressing. I have 
> a
> partner in the fish business and he does most of the tank cleaning . I do
> the water changes, and the feeding. I can't see the baby fish, so Ben
> separates them. I can see the adult guppies if I use my special 2 lenses 
> on
> top of each other and get very close to them. If they are moving fast I
> can't see them very well. Buddy, a pet does nothing except love it's 
> owner.
> Most people don't even train their pets . I think that psyc. animals are
> trained to do some things but not to the same level as a guide dog or a
> mobility dog. I don't think they are the quite the same thing.   Have a
> great day, Mardi
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