[nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: being reported to your school

[Jodie and Xandir]

Lol, I have a food or drink story with each of my dogs. Sunnie stole the
tuna out of my sandwich. I put it where I thought, mistakenly, that it was
out of her reach while I went to go put the rest of the tuna in the
refrigerator. I came back and should have suspected something because she
was making the little sniffing and snorting noises she made when she was
done eating. I had only had her for a couple of months at this time and my
mind was still half in the book I was reading, so it didn't really register
until I picked up the sandwich. The two pieces of bread were still together,
there was a hole in the bottom piece and there was one tiny piece of tuna
stuck between the two hole pieces of bread.

With Tiger, I was at a friend's house for a picnic when she brought the
cooked hot dogs out. They were not in buns yet and one rolled off the plate.
Tiger was under the picnic table behaving very well. In the space of a
second, I heard, "Whoa!" "Splat!" "Gulp!" My grandmother said she had a look
of total surprise on her face when the hot dog landed in front of her. She
had an end of the hot dog sticking out of either side of her mouth for that
split second and then it was gone. I couldn't scold her because it was no
one's fault; it accidentally rolled off right in front of her, so she
thought, understandably, that it was being given to her. Besides, we were
all laughing too hard, so a scolding would have meant nothing to her.

Xandir has been known to drink my iced tea, or my milk, or my coffee if I
leave the room. She has water down, but she drinks my drinks anyway. It can
be quite annoying, especially because she spills the iced tea when she's
trying to drink it. A few times I've actually put her in her crate when I've
left the room because I don't want to clean up spilled iced tea or go get a
new one because she drank some of it. I have to call the school to ask about
something totally unrelated, but maybe I'll bring that up during the
conversation.



-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:54 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: being reported to your school

Alan, 
You'll discover that while you may not give your dog a drink or
inappropriate food, they may take one or the other or both. 
My first dog stole five pounds of steak off the counter one night. She
also liked pina coladas. I was drinking one, put my glass down on the
floor, and turned to talk to somebody. I heard slurp, slurp, and reached
over to find my dog's head as far in the glass as she could get it. 
I did learn from both these incidents to kep food and drink away from my
dog, though this is a learned skilll. You'll probably think "My dog is
trained, he won't..." And that is where the fun will begin. 
Stuff happens is all I can say. You cannot supervise your dog or
anticipate what they might do 100 percent of the time. You just can't. 
If you don't believe me, allI can say is "wait". You'll see.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Chasity Jackson
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:40 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [nagdu] being reported to your school

Alan, what school or schools have you applied to and do you have a date
for 
training yet?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] being reported to your school


> Personally? I don't have a dog..yet...note that key word yet...but I
think 
> taking a dog to a bar is only abuse if you're brain dead enough to
give 
> them a drink.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "The Pawpower Pack" <pawpower4me at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] being reported to your school
>
>
>>I would agree that throwing up on one's dog is hardly ideal.  However,

>>sometimes stuff happens.  I take my dog to bars when I go.  My dog is 
>>there if I drink alcohol.  Granted, I'm at the point in my life, where

>>time and experience has taught me that drinking until one throws up is

>>hardly a good idea, for a number of reasons.  However I don't think 
>>taking my dog to the bar and drinking is a crime.  If someone saw my
dog 
>>at a bar and saw me drinking and having a good time with friends  and
they 
>>accused me of abuse, I'd be pretty upset.
>> People are different, they have different lifestyles.  Some dogs
don't 
>> like bars and the noise does bother them.  If someone had a dog like 
>> that, I would hope they'd use their judgement and not take the dog. 
>> However if the dog is like mine and doesn't really care, then who's 
>> business is it of anyone's to say I should, or should not have my dog
at 
>> a bar?
>> Also if someone threw up on their dog because they were ill, is that 
>> still abuse, or is it the drinking plus the vomiting that is the
issue?
>> I drink, I go to bars.  I live in New Orleans and my dog goes on
Bourbon 
>> street with me and I have a hard time thinking this is abusive.
>>
>> My dog gets fed, loved, medical care.  She works has toys, other dog 
>> friends and I spend lots of time with her.  Does the fact that
someone 
>> drinks alcohol with their dog at a bar then negate all of the other 
>> things?
>> I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm honestly curious.
>>
>>
>> Rox and the Herbal HenchHounds
>> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
>> "It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to
point 
>> out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-

>> wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."-- Neil Gaiman
>> http://www.pawpowercreations.com/retreat.html
>> pawpower4me at gmail.com
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