[nagdu] Impressions Please?

Tue Jul 28 19:23:06 UTC 2009

Linda and list, 
Mutt Mits say they are biogradable. I've never tested one though but it
may be better then a plastic bag. 
Science fair experiment, anybody? 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Linda Gwizdak
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 4:08 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Impressions Please?

Joy, you're right to ask people to clean up after their dogs at your
home. 
You weren't snooty - that woman was!

Marion, I think disabled people should be exempt from the pooper scooper
laws for one reason only. that is, occasionally, one cannot find a trash
bin to throw the poop into.You can't bring it on the bus!  Before I get
jumped on (grin!) I think we ALL should either pick up after our dogs or
have help in doing so. The only place I do not pick up is out in the
country where bagged poop would be more of a hazard to wildlife than the
poop itself.

Back in January, I was busted for violating the pooper scooper law when
I picked up and then couldn't locate a trash bin.  Carrying around crap
isn't always an option. People are very offended if I bring poop on the
bus or into a store - IT STINKS!!  Especially Landon's poop because it
is usually a bit on the soft side and that has much more of an odor than
a hard stool. 
When I can't find a trash, I put the bagged poop off to the side, near a
tree or bush so it doesn't get stepped in or rolled on by a car trying
to park. If I am just walking down the street, I'll carry the poop until
I find a trash can.

I look at the exemption as a "backup" in the event I can't fulfil the
law. 
Sometimes getting help isn't an option when nobody is around to ask for
help in locating a can.

You're right that so many people think we can't pick up after our own
dogs - the cop who busted me thought that I couldn't possibly be blind
because I knew which end of the dog the poop came out of!  The cop was a
jerk to refuse to assist me in finding a trash can.  I agree that ALL
service dog and guide dog users MUST pick up or be responsible in
finding help in doing this task. I hate stepping in poop and I assume
that most other people dispise this as well.

Linda and Landon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Impressions Please?

> Joy,
>    I believe, as I have already stated, that it is our social and
legal 
> responsibility to pick up after our dogs. I have been accused of being
a 
> little "snooty", too, but I also believe that, if a person cannot
perform 
> the basic duties of caring for their dog, including picking up after
it, 
> they should not have a dog!
>
> fraternally,
> Marion
>
>
> ----- 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 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Impressions Please?
>
>
>> Thanks Mary. Sometimes I think that it is easy to become a little
snooty
>> about what one can and should do and I don't want to expect from
someone
>> what they can't do. Having said that, I think that there are ways to
deal
>> with one's short comings. We all have them, but we all don't deal
with 
>> them
>> in the best way. Also, I guess there are personalities. It just makes
me
>> wonder what people think if someone from the public says "you
shouldn't
>> leave that for someone else". Do they think having a right, gives
them an
>> entitlement. Or, am I being too snobby?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Merry Schoch
>> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:45 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Impressions Please?
>>
>>
>> Joy,
>>
>> I absolutely agree with you!!
>>
>> Merry
>>
>> ----- 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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