[nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogs andhowtocontroleit?

Lyn Gwizdak linda.gwizdak at cox.net
Thu Mar 3 19:46:20 UTC 2011


I get irritated with Landon when he walks real slow with no pull in the 
harness.  Then he pulls when he knows we are going to the Naval Hospital to 
do our dog program there!  I know his priorities! LOL!

What I don't like even less than, "Is he in training?" is when people say to 
me, "Oh he such a great friend for you - is he your best friend?" like the 
poor blind guy has no human friends and companionship!  AAUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!! I 
tell them that he is my best CANINE friend so they know that I also have 
good HUMAN friends.

I've spent a lifetime of being "on display" so it doesn't bother me much. I 
conduct myself as a mature and decent person so they can get a GOOD picture 
of how blind people can be rather than the negative that some folks I know 
who do a great job of showing the public their bad behavior.

Have a greart day.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 5:22 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogs 
andhowtocontroleit?


> You know just yesterday I was leaving a coffee shop with friends and Monty 
> refused to go forward.  He does this sometimes and it aggravates me to no 
> end.  Usually it is because there is something that he feels requires 
> caution about half a block ahead.   All I need to do is take the leash in 
> my right hand, gesture forward with it and give him a bit of 
> encouragement. The entire event from stopping to going again occurs in 
> about a second and a half.   Yesterday though, someone passing says, "oh, 
> he's in training." That really aggravates me.  It's like he's supposed to 
> be perfect every. single. second.  And honestly I don't consider stopping 
> a mistake, it's just being overly cautious
>
> I walked to the end of the block with my friends.  Monty stopped at the 
> curb.  I told him to turn left so we could line up with where we needed to 
> cross.  One of the friends says, "he didn't turn."  Like that was a 
> mistake. He isn't supposed to turn.  He does sometimes if it's a very 
> familiar route, but I don't expect it.  Still it aggravates me that we are 
> constantly judged and found lacking.
>
> Both very small things and not worth my energy.  I know, but I do think 
> that sometimes it's good to vent.  It keeps me sane and it helps others 
> know they are perfectly normal for getting irritated too. *smile*
>
> Julie
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