[nagdu] Cruel training methods

James Brown jbrown321 at comcast.net
Mon Jan 10 15:45:05 UTC 2011


Some people will consider it abuse no matter what we do. I think the most important thing we can do is to stay calm.

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On Jan 10, 2011, at 8:54 AM, "Julie J" <julielj at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> This is really too bad.  I don't think the trainer should have been so brusk in her demeanor, meaning that shouting"no" in the store was probably not making a good impression, but then again I've said "no" louder than was probably necessary before.   I wonder if the account of the original poster is actually what people see when they observe someone training a service dog in public?  Are people that prone to over reacting?
> 
> Julie
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Kutsch" <gingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 8:16 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Cruel training methods
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> 
>> Cruel Training Methods
>> updated: Jan 09, 2011, 1:26 PM
>> Santa Barbara Edhat, California
>> <http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=46501>
>> http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=46501
>> By Edhat Subscriber
>> 
>> I was really disturbed yesterday (Saturday) when my son and I saw
>> a beautiful little German shepherd inside Trader Joe's on De la
>> Vina about 12:30. We smiled and commented on the sweet, very
>> submissive dog, wearing a guide-dog harness and choke collar. It
>> turned its eyes toward us and the woman with it began repeated
>> jerking very hard on the choke collar and yelling NO! to it. We
>> didn't say anything about that but told her what a beautiful dog
>> she had and asked how old it was. She said "Two! And it's in
>> training!" and yelled NO! at the dog again, jerking the choke
>> violently, and walking off. I said to my son "Bummer for that
>> dog" quietly and at that moment the woman and another across the
>> way that seemed to be with her - both at least 15 feet away
>> inside the busy store began yelling something like "Mind your own
>> business!". My son and I could not get the look of that dog's
>> eyes out of our minds all day.
>> 




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