[nagdu] Impressions Please?

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Cindy,

Good point.  At the dog park, everyone else can see where my dog poops, so
someone will tell me about it if I don't catch her in the act.  I know
sometimes I don't know when or where she went, and so make it a point to
pick up the little surprises I find with my feet to sort of keep the
accounting even.  /smile/

I've tried teaching Mitzi "show me the poop," but I'm too embarrased to make
a big deal about that with people around.  I need to go back and rework it.

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:03 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Impressions Please?

I agree with all this, but the question still remains: If your dogs are all 
running in a fenced yard, how do you know if your dog pooped out there. I 
would be willing to pick up after mine, wouldn't want it any other way, but 
how do your supervise that if the dog is running. Even if they go to the 
marked off relief area, that doesn't mean they won't poop again when they 
get to playing with those other dogs and get into all that stimulation. And 
no, I think we all have differing abilities and need to be careful about 
snooty, but this is a common courtesy.

Cindy Lou

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Campbell" <batescampbell at charter.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Impressions Please?


Hi Joy!

I thought your guest behaved inappropriately. It is your home, and you
certainly do have the right to ask people to pick up after their dogs.
People should be doing that as a mmatter of course.

Liz and Gabe
----- 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 6:02 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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