[nagdu] Some people Do Know...

Sun Dec 11 22:30:32 UTC 2011

Larry,

Oh, you got that right. That poodle tenacity is what makes Mitzi such a 
neat guide dog. And such a pain in the ... You know. /lol/ Well, she's 
grown out of the need for nonsense on a regular basis, so I have become 
used to going around following my guide easily and without fuss... Every 
now and then, though, she will remind me that she ain't no robot fou-fou 
dog with nothing better to do than accede to my silly whims. /lol/ Funny 
girl.

Since I am ever so slightly on the stubborn and tenacious side myself, 
she is a good match for me. I give her plenty of opportunity to practice 
intelligent disobedience at an advanced level sometimes. It does not 
help my self-esteem at all to observe that she is pretty much always 
right. I hate when that happens! She is quite smug about it.

Oh, and speaking of fooling you.. Yes, my poodle can lie. Quite well, in 
fact. /lol/ She finds this sort of thing amusing, and part of the fun 
seems to be seeing how long it takes me to figure things out... Good 
grief! She never does it in a dangerous, harmful way, it's just a little 
game... Sometimes, she will stash a ball and spend our play time every 
day for several days helping me look for it, egging me on, giving me 
false leads... That's when my stubbornness gets the best of me because I 
*know* that ball is here somewhere! So I can't seem to help looking high 
and looking low... /lol/ When she's ready to give me a break, she will 
pull the ball out of thin air and squeak it gleefully before tossing it 
to me. Poodles!

Tami

On 12/11/2011 09:18 AM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
> Poodles can fool you! They are extremely smart and they know it! The
> foofie look gives them the ability to blend in and look harmless. But,
> if they need to they can be really tunacious!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some people Do Know...
>
>
>> Smart dog. I wouldn't picture poodles being scary dogs, rottys, GSD,
>> other large dogs; I understand why people may be afraid of them, but
>> poodles?
>>
>>
>>
>> As a side note, my mom's friend trained dogs at one point. My mom is
>> terrified of dogs, and refused to get out of the car if she could even
>> see one of the dogs threw the window.
>>
>>
>>
>> My getting a large German shepherd guide dog should be interesting.
>> However, I don't live at home any more, and my mom is "ok" with me
>> getting a dog.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Kinney"
>> <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some people Do Know...
>>
>>
>>> William,
>>>
>>> I know what you mean about the lif you get from people who know the
>>> right etiquette! I live in an insanely dog-friendly town, and have
>>> had to revise some of what I had originally intended for social
>>> interactions with my guide... We've come to a workable compromise,
>>> and I am fortunate that she is great about accepting all the
>>> attention then getting back to doing her job. Mostly. /smile/ She
>>> does have her days.
>>>
>>> Still, whenever I hear someone say they know she's working and they
>>> won't pet her but she is a lovely dog, stuff like that, I get a super
>>> lift! Or when I hear parents telling their kids that the doggy is
>>> working so they have to let her do that. Or, better yet, kids
>>> lecturing their parents in that serious way kids do, while the
>>> parents listen and tell the kids how smart they are to know that...
>>> Makes my day. Mitzi's too, I think. I can hear and feel her little
>>> happy step or hear her sof "oof" of laughter. Gotta love that poodle.
>>> /grin/
>>>
>>> Well, Mitzi started out as the super shy reserved poodle type, so I
>>> did have to train her in what I call the "controlled greet" for the
>>> sake of her nerves. /lol/ She did go through a phase where she seemed
>>> to be in total floozy mode more days than not. Sigh. Then she evened
>>> out and is just very gracious with her adoring fans but has learned
>>> to keep the majority of hands away from the curls! Whew! /lol/ I've
>>> noticed that if she does approach, whether is't just making googly
>>> eyes or turning from work for a greeting, it's *always* with someone
>>> who wants the greeting and with whom I end up having a nice chat.
>>> Funny dog. The other day, in a place where we go a lot and get much
>>> too relaxed she suddenly went super perfect as a person came into the
>>> waiting room from the treatment rooms... A young woman's voice asked
>>> about her, sounding a bit breathy and timid. Mitzi remaind perfectly
>>> still and unobtrusive. I wondered if she were ill. So I answered the
>>> young woman's questions in an easy way, trying to get a feel for what
>>> was going on there... She finally confided in me that she had been
>>> attacked by a dog and that's why she was there... Then that it was
>>> recent... That she had loved dogs and was trying not to generalize
>>> that incident to other dogs... Turns out she finally confided that
>>> the dog that attacked her was a large standard poodle... Mitzi must
>>> have scared the bleep out of the poor woman, just by being
>>> unexpectedly there. I was so proud of my girl for sensing immediately
>>> what it took me so long to realize. And of this young woman who was
>>> so brave and who spent some time talking about my poodle, then
>>> sharing some of her story with me and I was able to share that I knew
>>> about PTSd and learning how to cope so that you recover and learn not
>>> to generalize to similar things... By the end, when she was ready,
>>> Mitzi did approach her for a very soft, gentle nose touch. When the
>>> young woman left, she was warming up to Mitzi, who had withdrawn
>>> again and was being the most quiet, peaceful non-obtrusive guide dog
>>> ever. But then the young woman asked if she could pet her and Mitzi
>>> took a step forward for the light touch on her curls... I was so
>>> proud of both of them I wanted to cry! /grin/ The young woman told us
>>> both again that she really, really wanted to love dogs again and
>>> thought she could do it!
>>>
>>> So that was just neat. Also, I had a new appreciation for the
>>> acupuncturist I was waiting to see, because she was just totally cool
>>> when she came out and the other woman told her "this is the same
>>> breed of dog," in a wondering tone... Mitzi may not have changed any
>>> lives, but... I was proud and proud to meet someone who was doing so
>>> well at conquering her fears. Loved it.
>>>
>>> So then I was so distracted by all this that I forgot about how the
>>> office was rearranged that I ran into just about everything despite
>>> my guide dog. /lol/ A day in the life, I guess...
>>>
>>> Anyway, the wine sampling sounds fun! We keep talking about going to
>>> one at one of the local wineries here, but if we ever do, I have to
>>> remember that wine, especially good wine, is too sweet for me and
>>> makes me start talking while my brain takes a nice holiday. /lol/
>>>
>>> Tami
>>>
>>> On 12/09/2011 05:22 PM, William Burley wrote:
>>>> Hi all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I had a really great experience today. I went to the winery to
>>>> purchase for
>>>> a fundraising event I'm having tomorrow and I had my pup with me. It
>>>> was
>>>> really crowded there I assume because folks are preparing for the
>>>> Christmas
>>>> and New Year's Eve parties. I had a personal shopper helping me and
>>>> he was
>>>> enthralled by my pup. I casually threw in how people try and give her
>>>> attention even when she's not supposed to have it. He said he knew
>>>> about
>>>> guide dogs and such.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, we are going throughout the store and a woman comes right
>>>> behind us
>>>> and scolds the worker because he was about to sneak a pet from the
>>>> pup. She
>>>> yfussed and said he's not supposed to touch the dog while it's working.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It was just nice to run across that 1 person out of many who had some
>>>> knowledge and made sure somebody else had it too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> William Burley
>>>>
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