[nagdu] People problems on the bus

[Linda Gwizdak]

Hi Mardi,
Do you live in Tuscon?  It sure sounds like a place I wouldn't want to live! 
Here in San Diego we have very little of that type of problem.  I rarely 
encounter a wheelchair user with a large service dog with the exeption of 
those with small dogs they carry on their laps.  Here, for the most part, 
people tend to leave the service and guide dogs alone on the trolleys and 
buses.  Is moving out of that town an option?  Sounds like a move would 
alleviate that headache!  If it was me with all these troubles, I'd find a 
way to move out!  Life's too short! (grin!)

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:49 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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