[nagdu] Is your dog your best friend?

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Yeah, that pathetic blind person thing. It seems we can never shake that 
atitude even with all the education we do for the public, all the info on 
the Internet, the gadgets we can get to help us live equal lives - all to no 
avail with crappy attitudes of only having our dog who would love us. 
Pathetic.

I think the dogs are superior to humans in their ability to love 
unconditionaly and how they themselves can take disability in stride - with 
themselves or others.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Is your dog your best friend?


>I get that thing about how Caroline must be my best friend. I wonder how 
>pathetic people must think I am, as if I don't have any human friends. 
>Then, I just sort of sigh and try to shrug it off. People think what they 
>think and there's not a lot I can do about it.
>
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> ----- 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 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogs 
> andhowtocontroleit?
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>>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" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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