[nagdu] Surgery/bus problems/dealing with the public

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Thanks, Mardi. Hey, I liked that story about the woman who was yelling at 
you for correcting Nala and her own dog was all tangled up in the leash. 
Good, the other person told her off as well.

What I do, if I know people see me correct Landon, is that I praise him 
loudly when he does the right thing after the correction! I also try to be 
unobtrusive about the correction - real fast leash correction and fierce, 
QUIET voice so most people don't hear it. People tend to be drawn to 
corrections when they see alot of body movement on our part and a loud, 
shouting voice.

I'm healing well after my foot surgery.  I'm still home and using crutches 
to take Landon out. I do have paratransit tickets for important stuff I may 
want to go to until I can walk well with Landon and take the bus.  After 
another week or so, I'll be able to start doing short walks around my 
neighborhood. I can heel Landon and use the crutches since I know the 
sidewalk very wwell and I go very slow!  I did this with my other foot last 
year and it worked out fine.

Take care,

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:40 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Surgery/bus problems/dealing with the public


> Hi every one,  Linda, My prayers are with you. Hope you heal fast and 
> well.
> Has any one heard from Bunny,since her surgery? I hope she is ok. Bunny, 
> if
> you are reading this, My prayers are with you also. Be well.   As for my
> problems with the bus company, I am waiting for the forms from the DOJ to
> make a formal complaint. I also think Marion is working on it from his 
> end.
> Dealing with the public when they complain about correcting your dog is a
> problem.After Nala and I were hit by that van, Nala tried to get accross
> streets as quickly as possible. She started cutting corners,which ment the
> wheels of my chair were hitting the curbs and one day one of my wheels 
> broke
> off. Big problem for me! I corrected her as this is a serious problem.
> People around me were outraged that I would do that to my dog. ( it was 
> just
> a leash correction with my unpleasent voice tone) Clearly they do not
> understand why the dogs must be corrected and how dangerous it could be 
> for
> us if we do not put a stop to their mistakes.I tried to explain to several
> people to no avail.One woman who critisized me for correcting my dog, was
> dragging a small poodle around with a leash that was tangled up in the 
> dogs
> legs and the dog fell over and she was dragging it down the sidewalk, not
> paying any attention to what she was doing.Some one told her to pay
> attention to her own dog. She picked up the dog and walked off in a huff.
> Most of the time I ignore people who critisize me, as I don't need to
> correct Nala very often. I worked with her and got her over her fear,and 
> she
> no longer cuts corners. If a person is persistant about it, I tell them to
> mind there own business.  Rox, thanks for the info. I checked out the deaf
> dog web site and got some good ideas. Have a great day, Mardi  and
> Nala,semi-retired, and Shaman,gdit.
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