[nagdu] Issues

[Lisa belville]

That's the type of issue my mom and I disagree on.  I probably would have 
reacted exactly as you did, because, like you said, you've used your dog 
long enough to know how to it in a variety of situations.  And then there's 
that old irritation of people sitting around discussing you rather than just 
point blank asking you.

I gave blood shortly after 911 and it was a blood mobile.  It was narrow, 
but I think I got Hunter to curl up under my cot.  He was a huge dog but had 
no problem fitting into tight spaces.  Plus he'd been with me to give blood 
before and was cool with the whole thing even though it was his first 
experience in a blood mobile.

Lisa

The handle on my recliner apparently doesn't qualify as an exercise 
machine...who knew ?
Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 6:32 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Issues


> Well, I think I'll bring up a new issue just for grins. Let's imagine you 
> are going to give blood one day. Let's imagine that you are planning to 
> give blood at this blood drive. OK, I don't have to imagine this because I 
> am. I haven't been able to give for a couple of times because of an 
> infected tooth, but that's TMI. So I am truly looking forward to it. My 
> phone rang, and the lady on the other end of the line identified herself, 
> and she was from the blood center. She said, "I understand you are 
> planning to gie blood at the Westminster Blood Drive. Now, we understand 
> you have a service dog. [I think that was her terminology.] We are going 
> to be using a blood mobile and the aisles are narrow in there. We've been 
> talking about it and wondering if you could leave the dog at the 
> refreshment end so he won't get stepped on." Who was talking about it. Why 
> wouldn't they assume that I had been using a dog long enough to know how 
> to handle situations like that? Truth be told, I had ha
> d him in there when I accompanied Bob in the next to last time we were 
> going to give. I don't doubt that the dog is btter off left in a more 
> comfortable place, but I don't need someone explaining to me why that 
> might be and asking me if I would mind to not bring him in there because 
> of the narrow aisles. I have a feeling I would have thought of it on my 
> own, and I did actually express my displeasure. I told her the fact that 
> she assumed I wouldn't figure out the best place for my dog was rather 
> annoying. She said she was sorry, she had just wanted to make it better 
> and guessed she had not. Before anybody tells me I might have been more 
> tactful, I would say that they would be right, but I think after you've 
> used a dog six months or less, and especially after twenty-two years, you 
> are likely to know how to handle the dog in a tight situation.
>
> Cindy Lou
>
>
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