[nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogsand howtocontroleit?
Lisa Irving
lirving1234 at cox.net
Fri Mar 4 05:33:57 UTC 2011
Can I give the butt heads an occasional leash correction LOL!
Lisa and Bernie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogsand
howtocontroleit?
> 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"
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> 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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