[nagdu] Impressions Please?

Tamara Smith-Kinney tamara.8024 at comcast.net
Thu Jul 30 13:39:19 UTC 2009


Joy,

You are absolutely right!  In that situation, I might ask the sighted person
to show me where it it, but I am definitely the one to do the dirty work!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Joy Relton
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 4:03 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
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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