[nagdu] People problems on the bus

[Marion & Martin]

Mardi,
    I forget which state you live in. If your state has a service animal 
protection act, one of the provisions protects you from having your dog 
distracted. Petting is certainly a distraction, as you say in your mesage.

Fraternally yours,
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:49 PM
Subject: [nagdu] People problems on the bus


> Hi every one, I have been having a lot of problems with people on the bus.
> So many people have petted Shaman the he just goes right up to people to 
> be
> petted. To day when I got on the bus,It was a short lift so the dog goes 
> up
> first and waits for me to come up on the lift. Any way I have him on a 
> long
> leash and the minute he gets on the bus, the hands reach out and pet
> him.With the long leash, I have little control other that the fact the
> Shaman is attatched to my hand.By the time I get up on the bus and try to
> get into the wheelchair bay Shaman is making the rounds to every one to be
> petted. No matter what I say to people, they just totally ignore me. I had
> to ride backwards in the bay because I could not turn my chair around
> because the dog would not back up for me. I tried voice corrections and 
> then
> resorted to leash corrections.People were yelling at me that I was being
> cruel to my dog.I am afraid I will run over Shaman's Foot again, because 
> he
> is not paying attention to me. This problem is just getting worse. I hate 
> to
> go out any more because people won't leave my dog alone, and correcting 
> him
> doesn't work and only gets criticism. Nala pretty much ignored people that
> petted her and did her job. She never had the distraction problems that
> Shaman seems to have. I have tried using a sign on the harness handle but
> people ignored it. Some people pet my dog just to annoy me as they are the
> same people that I have asked repeatedly to please not pet my dog. Does 
> any
> one have any ideas?    Mardi and Shaman and Nala,retired.
>
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