[nagdu] Impressions Please?

Ann Chiappetta dungarees at optonline.net
Mon Jul 27 00:59:12 UTC 2009


If this person comes to your home a second time, I would request that she 
find a way to take care of her dog's business herself. I'd be nice but firm 
and perhaps say that doing this is something a guest should do, you know, 
out of common courtesy.
Annie & Ro
.

----- 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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