[nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogsand howtocontroleit?

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Hey, if people got the kinds of feedback as our dogs get, the world would be 
a better place.  People need to be told they screw up respectfully and then 
they need praise as well for a job well done - good work morale if one is 
employed! We want fair treatment just as much as our dogs want fair 
treatment.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogsand 
howtocontroleit?


> Steve,
>
> I'm stealing your line!
>
> It's odd that when Monty does something a bit nutter, but not horrible, I 
> get, "oh, he must be in training."  But when he does something that he's 
> supposed to it still gets interpreted as wrong.  I just wish someone would 
> notice when he does something brilliant!  People ooh and aah when he does 
> something routine like stop at the top of stairs, but no one says a thing 
> when he does this amazing ninja maneuver to keep us from becoming road 
> pizza.  Crazy.
>
> Julie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogsand 
> howtocontroleit?
>
>
>> Julie,
>> Gotta love those comments from the general public who assume the dog is 
>> in
>> training.  I genrally say, yes, they are in constant training, or perhaps
>> something a little more sarcastic like, nope, I am the one he is 
>> training,
>> and I am having a hell of a time understanding what he is trying to tell 
>> me
>> as he talks with a lisp.
>>
>> Steve & Misha who communicates with me by grunting!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Julie J
>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:22 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogs and
>> howtocontroleit?
>>
>> 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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