[nagdu] commands

[Marsha Drenth]

Yes that is what I mean by when people say, "oh your dog is being so good".
Yes she is being good for a dog. I also love that when emma sniffs a person
and they say, "She is just sniffing my cat or dog." And my response is that
she is Not suppose to sniff them. And they do not understand why. Yes she
might, but they also have this notion that guide dogs never act naughty. Yes
educating is what I do. But I can also can count more times on my hands and
feet times that this has happened. 

Marsha 

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Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:12 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] commands

Well, I wouldn't apologize first off. I would just explain that I was
speaking with my dog. Trust me, I have told my dog "forward" or "right" or
"left", and people say, "yes, forward, or right, or left." As ofor people
saying the dog is being good, sometimes that is true, but mostly that means
"being good as dogs go." Dogs sniff; you, dear dog, aren' supposed to sniff.
So I try to say, "The dog is not supposed to be sniffing you." "I think he
smells my cat." It's really not their business if you are correcting I'd
say. It seems to be another one of those instances where we educate educate
educate, and often it doesn't do much good. I can't understand why someone
would think you are talking to them if you are saying "leave it" to the dog.
I would maybe say that if someone was discussing a topic that I wanted them
to leave alone. 

Cindy

On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Marsha Drenth wrote:

> Hi List,
> 
> 
> 
> There was something mentioned on another list that sparked a very
> interesting subject for me. Here is a situation for example. I am at
school,
> or out in the city or just traveling. Emma is sniffing something, and I
tell
> her to leave it, not in a loud voice but in a firm voice. I try to tell
her
> in a voice that she can only hear and that will not draw attention to me.
> But to my surprise there is someone around. And they think I am speaking
to
> them, to leave me and my dog alone. I am not speaking to them, but they
> become offended. Then I have to apologize. 
> 
> 
> 
> Does anyone else have this happen? Or am I the only one? 
> 
> 
> 
> Emma comes from the Seeing Eye, I use commands like: Leave it, Hop up,
> Fouie, Right, left, inside and outside are just some of the commands I
use. 
> 
> 
> 
> If the above situation happens to you? How do you handle this? And if it
> does not how do you give your pup commands? 
> 
> 
> 
> I think the next dog I receive I will be teaching and then using commands
in
> another language. My reasons for this, that if I tell my dog a command, I
> also do not want others to know what I am telling her to do. As some of
the
> sighted people around me have said, "No, no don't correct your dog, she is
> being good." Or "no, no you need to go here or there, you should go to the
> elevator." 
> 
> 
> 
> Interesting topic for discussion,
> 
> Marsha 
> 
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