[nagdu] How do any of you deal with small children wantingtotouch your guide dog

Lisa Irving lirving1234 at cox.net
Fri Apr 8 06:08:06 UTC 2011


Like I said, can we say, ENTITLEMENT mentality?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] How do any of you deal with small children 
wantingtotouch your guide dog


> What da heck was she gonna say to the police?
>
> On Apr 7, 2011, at 9:14 PM, Julie J wrote:
>
>> A long, long time ago, I was with a friend who had a guide dog.  We were 
>> on a city bus and one of the other passengers asked to pet the dog.  My 
>> friend told her politely that no she couldn't pet the dog.  the woman 
>> went off, threatening to call the police and I don't know what all.  Some 
>> people just have issues.  *smile*
>>
>> Julie
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 8:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] How do any of you deal with small children wanting 
>> totouch your guide dog
>>
>>
>>> I would say it is the woman's problem. That is presumptuous for someone 
>>> to think that their kid or anyone else should be able to pet your dog if 
>>> they ask. That's just ridiculous, and I think you did what you felt you 
>>> needed to do. Let it go. <Grin>
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>>
>>> On Apr 7, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Peggy wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's a personal choice, if you didn't want her to pet your dog, don't 
>>>> feel guilty for saying no.  Oftentimes I'll let small children pet the 
>>>> dog but explain why it's great that they asked.  Other people don't 
>>>> want their dog petted at all and it really is a personal choice.  If 
>>>> you explained that it was a service animal and was working and that 
>>>> you'd rather him/her not be petted at this time, then you did all you 
>>>> could. Some people will be irritated no matter what we do so I wouldn't 
>>>> worry about it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Brittney N. Mejico
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 8:29 PM
>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] How do any of you deal with small children wanting to 
>>>> touch your guide dog
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> The other day this lady got mad at me for not letting her 4 year old 
>>>> touch my guide dog.  I kind of felt bad afterwards, do you think It was 
>>>> rong for me to tell her no?  I tried to be as polite as Possible.  Do 
>>>> any of you have any tips on what I should next time that happens again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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