[nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and thenegativeimpact

[Marion Gwizdala]

Natalie,
    another adage I learned from Mike Sergeant, one of the best guide dog 
trainers in the country, that applies to guide dog handling as well as to 
life is "Three quarters praise; one quarter correction!" When our dogs and 
people work for praise they do so much better than when they work out of 
fear!

Peace!
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Natalie" <nrorrell at qwest.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and 
thenegativeimpact


> Dear Marion,
> Thanks for commending the store you were at.  Too often we are quicker to 
> point out the wrongdoers, the ones who deny access and are 
> unknowledgeable, than to praise the ones who do right.  I'm equally as 
> guilty, but one thing I do try to keep in mind is what one of my trainers 
> in a previous guide dog class said, "If you learn nothing else from this 
> training course, learn this.  For every no, there's a yes."  Take care.
> Best,
> Nat and Liam Joshua
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and the 
> negativeimpact
>
>
>> Merry and I went into a local supermarket the other day. A manager 
>> approached us to ask if our dogs were service dogs and what service they 
>> performed. I called the headquarters to tell them how much I appreciated 
>> them training their employees to ask the right questions. Perhaps if we 
>> encouraged all places of public accommodation to inquire, even when it 
>> might seem obvious what service the dog performed, fewer people would try 
>> to get one over on the places of public accommodation.
>>
>> fraternally yours,
>> Marion Gwizdala
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and the 
>> negativeimpact
>>
>>
>>>I think it is frightening to read these stories about the fake service 
>>>dogs. What do they mean in the end for people who truly are using and 
>>>need their dogs? I truly would hate to see us having to all have 
>>>identification at the ready to show; and what would that mean for people 
>>>who are training their own? Would they have to get a doggie drier's 
>>>license kind of like a state ID? It just seems a shame that people abuse 
>>>this because their dogs are actually people with four paws? They are not 
>>>no matter how you dress them up.
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>>
>>>
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