[nagdu] I got yelled at

[Tami Kinney]

Gary,

I just love your descriptions of your poodle and his essential
weirdness. So much like Mitzi! Quite wonderful once you simply except
that what you have there is not so much a dog as, well, a poodle. /lol/
And agree to do things the way the poodle decides they need to be
done... Then it is somehow very easy. /smile/

On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 12:00 -0700, GARY STEEVES wrote: 
> Hi Tracy:
> 
> I haven't had the pleasure yet of having someone tell me that I'm being  creul to Bogart. I worry about it sometimes since when he is really distracted it is usually because of someone else and their dogs. :) Most of my corrections with him, being a sensative poodle, are verbal but when he gets a leash correction he gets a good one since it is usually something he is doing that could be putting us in danger.
> 
> 
> I guess I cheat a bit with Bogart in that I take him outside, generally he pees  right away, and then we proceed to walk around the block with him on leash. I keep my harness in my right hand out in front of me to hit any obstacles before I do and bogart does a bit of leash guiding if I'm paying attention. He usually gets if we are in a hurry and will pooh in the next half block allowing me to grab it and head back to the known garbage bin. If he knows it is the weekend he will save his pee and be sure to mark his block or two as we walk. :)  He is pretty good about doing number 2 only a block or two into harness walking from home so there are still alot of garbage bins round that we have marked out. Being a poodle he eats at slightly weird times. supperafter we eat and then he eatsts a second meal in the middle of the night. Some would say a poor solution but it means he has food in his system for working. poodles seem to only really eat what, and how much, they want so not like lab owners. He seems to really like the fifth brand of food in 1.5 years which is Acanna lamb, duck and trout. glad he likes it, it certainly costs enough. ;)
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire <orleans24 at comcast.net>
> Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:33 am
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] I got yelled at
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 
> > Hi, Tracy,
> > Sometimes, it's best not to let those type of people get to you.
> > I've had similar situations of some sorts, so completely understand.
> > As for the sniffing things, some dogs just can't be broken out 
> > of it, even if you try.
> > Thankfully, Odie's not that big of a sniffer, even when he's in 
> > his medical alert vest.
> > If anything, I'd contact your school to see if they could help 
> > you out.
> > TSE knows you and Ben better than I do.
> > As for people that act like a leash correction as abuse, it 
> > seems obvious they either or don't own a dog.
> > If they do, they would know better or just don't care.
> > Just some thoughts.
> > Bibi 
> > 
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