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

[Julie J]

She was ranting about how it was abuse to not let her pet the dog.  My 
friend told her to go ahead and call the police if she wanted to. You meet 
some interesting folks on the bus.

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 9:43 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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