[nagdu] Impressions Please?

[Margo and Arrow]

first of all, when I go to someone's home, I bring with me my manners and 
more importantly, I follow the rules established in that home.  I would pick 
up anyway, but, since the rule in your household is for folks to pick up and 
I was shown the bags therefore told the rule, so to speak, I should pick up. 
I believe you have every right to discuss with a guide dog user the behavior 
you expect while he or she is on your premises with his or her guide dog. 
If the person does not like the rules in your home, the person does not need 
to be there.

I wonder how Miss Manners would re-word this.

Margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joy Relton" <jrelton at verizon.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:02 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Impressions Please?


>I recently held a barbeque in my home. Several of the people who attended
> were members of the NFB but not personal friends. I was purposed at the
> behavior of one of my guests who is a dog guide user and would appreciate
> some input as to best handle the situation next time.
>
> The barbeque was open to persons in the Northern Virginia area, basically
> doesn't matter where the people came from, but, I indicated that dog 
> guides
> were free to play free in the back yard which is fenced as long as they 
> were
> supervised. In our back yard is a dog relieving area, since I happen to 
> use
> a dog guide. Immediately adjacent to this area is a lined trash can which
> was roll of bags for picking up after your dog attached to the handle. My
> husband, who happens to be sighted escorted one of our guests with her dog
> to his area. After her dog had relieved himself, my husband proceeded to
> show the user where the bags were located so that she could pick up after
> the dog. The user's response was "oh, I don't do that!". I wasn't there, 
> or
> I probably would have worded the directions differently, after all, I am 
> the
> main "pooper scooper" of the house, since it is my dog who leaves the
> deposits. I personally feel that this particular guest was rude. I 
> realize,
> that, when dogs are running free and playing it is difficult to know where
> something might need to be picked up. I believe that it is particularly
> inappropriate for someone to assume, that someone else, especially if they
> are sighted, should be the one to "do the dirty work". I believe that 
> having
> a dog guide, a child or any other responsibility means, that you, have 
> that
> responsibility and that you need to take the initiative to clean up after
> your dog, child etc. It is inappropriate to assume that others should do
> this. Do other user agree with me? Am I totally in left field. I know that
> people have differing abilities, but being unwilling to even attempt, to
> clean up after one's dog, seems particularly rude to me. Impressions,
> opinions, observations, suggestions? a
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