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

Sheila Leigland sleigland at bresnan.net
Sun Apr 10 16:00:18 UTC 2011


People at work tell me that my dog is irresistible and they just have to pet him and now I'm starting to tell them they need to resist the urge to pet He likes to be petted but it winds him up way to much.

-----Original Message-----
From: Julie J <julielj at neb.rr.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 8:14 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nagdu] How do any of you deal with small children wanting	totouch your guide dog

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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