[nagdu] Dogs misbehaving in Public

[cheryl echevarria]

correct, it is your responsibility. That is what I meant earlier.  I gave 
the example of being a parent, because it is the same exact thing, no my 
child wasn't a dog. But it is in line of the same thing, not exactly the 
same thing but was trying to say it is our responsibility to make sure the 
dog is acting properly.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meghan Whalen" <mewhalen at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:17 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Dogs misbehaving in Public


> I am currently raising a guide dog puppy.  He is about four and a half
> months old, and he needs to learn.  He is wearing a vest that says "guide
> dog in training".  Since he is in training, I think folks expect him to be
> learning.  His only disgression is occasionally barking when he sees other
> dogs.  I met a friend at a restaurant a couple of weeks ago.  She also has 
> a
> dog.  He barked when he saw her guide, was corrected and taken from the
> restaurant.  We reentered, he did not bark when he saw my friend's guide,
> and we sat down.
>
> Removing a badly behaving dog from a situation does not solve the problem,
> unless you're going to promptly readdress it.  My puppy has downgraded his
> barks when he sees other dogs to quiet little huffs under his breath most 
> of
> the time.  I think that in a matter of weeks, he'll no longer react to 
> other
> dogs.
>
> The reason for reentering the restaurant was that he could demonstrate to 
> me
> if he knew what he had done wrong, and he certainly did.
>
> What I got from the new service animal laws recently posted here is that a
> service animal can be told to be removed by its handler if the handler 
> does
> not appear to be correcting the bad behavior, not that they can tell the
> team to leave the moment the dog does something wrong.
>
> I understand that my puppy in training is not a finished working dog, but 
> at
> least in Wisconsin, he has access rights, and it is my responsibility to
> correct and shape the appropriate behavior.
>
> Hope my rambling makes some sense.  Take care all.
>
> Meghan
>
>
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