[nagdu] Get control of that dog

[Michelle]

ha ha good girl! Please tell me to be like that again... and again. I really 
need to slap myself sometimes, because I know better than to let someone 
else take control of my dog! I got into trouble in training every time I 
didn't keep good control.

Thanks I really needed that wake-up call. I'd rather cry after telling 
someone off than to cry for months for giving my guide dog back for not 
controlling him.

Thanks!

Michelle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Get control of that dog


> Well, you're a better person than I am.  I am rude; in fact, I snap if
> someone grabs my harness.  I usually slap their hand away, I think, and
> yell at them.
> You could try telling them that it confuses your dog when they give him
> orders.  Or you could "be rude" and tell them to stop it.  After all, they
> are being rude to you, IMHO.
> I hate when people treat me like a helpless idiot.
> Tracy
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could you let me know what you do when you're in a situation where other
>> people are instructing your guide dog when they clearly haven't warned 
>> you
>> and have not asked your permission? An example for me is when I'm getting
>> a lift somewhere and the person helping me out starts telling the dog 
>> what
>> to do, telling me how to instruct the dog, what to do with the dog etc. I
>> know that they are well-meaning and helpful, but then when it extends to
>> the person picking up the harness and giving it to me, completely
>> controlling my life and my situation for me without me being allowed to
>> think and act for myself, it really gets under my bonnet. After informing
>> the person that I'll handle the dog when I'm getting out of the car, this
>> person will have the hide to tell the dog to sit and stay! I hate being
>> rude, so what do I do?
>>
>> I don't mind what advice you give me, please tell me to be rude if I have
>> to be. I'm sick of being treated as an invalid to suit others, because it
>> really confuses my dog to no end, poor fellow.
>>
>> Thank you very much and cheers!
>>
>> Michelle and Troy
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