[nagdu] another what would you do question

Mon Apr 9 15:39:58 UTC 2012

 ok.  aren't our guide dogs can't bite any one.
 this guy shouldn't have gotten a guide dog.
 it makes me wonder.
..
 it seems scary.
…
. i wouldn't go to this event with this team.
 can't you back out julie.
 it's about your safely.
 here.

On Apr 9, 2012, at 7:30 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> Biting people?!  This dog has bitten people, and no one's filed charges,
> or called Animal Control?  And what is this guy thinking, working a dog
> that bites people?  That just seems crazy.  Are you sure it's that bad?
> Tracy
> 
>> I don't know what the dog does, only what others have told me.  But
>> biting people does scare me, quite a lot.
>> 
>> Julie
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/9/2012 8:54 AM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) wrote:
>>> I have to ask, what does this dog do and why does it scare you?
>>> Kujo levels of aggression??
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Julie J.
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 5:47 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] another what would you do question
>>> 
>>> Jenine,
>>> 
>>> thank you.  This is sorta what I was coming to, once I got over the
>>> initial panic. I'll have to ask around to get contact info for the
>>> gentleman.  We have never met.
>>> 
>>> I did ask the people I talked to about what exactly the dog does.  I got
>>> very specific answers that honestly scare me.
>>> 
>>> Then this afternoon I realized that my transportation master plan is an
>>> epic fail for entirely other reasons.  So I may very well have to find
>>> other transportation to this event, not because of the dog but because I
>>> can't be in two places at once.  Honestly I need to be more diligent
>>> about putting things in the calendar. *sigh*
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the feedback.  It truly does help.
>>> Julie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 11:47 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote:
>>>> Julie,
>>>> 
>>>> I think my questions would include, to those trusted sources first:
>>>> 
>>>> Describe why you feel this dog is aggressive, what kinds of situations
>>>> have
>>>> you seen in which this dog exhibited aggressive behavior?
>>>> 
>>>> Then I'd  contact the person and just flat out ask, letting him know
>>>> that
>>>> you've heard reports that his dog has some issues with either
>>>> aggression, or
>>>> at the very least, making noise around other dogs, which is sometimes
>>>> mistaken for aggression. I'd let him know that you are concerned about
>>>> riding in a closed vehicle with this dog and just want to know where
>>>> things
>>>> stand, not to criticize him or the dog.
>>>> 
>>>> I think that's the fair way to handle it but whatever way you choose,
>>>> talking to the handler is going to have to be one of those necessary
>>>> evils.
>>>> 
>>>> Jenine Stanley
>>>> jeninems at wowway.com
>>>> http://www.twitter.com/jeninems
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Julie J.
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:28 PM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] another what would you do question
>>>> 
>>>> Hello all!
>>>> 
>>>> I have another what would you do in this situation question.  I'm going
>>>> to
>>>> apologize in advance because my information is going to seem cryptic.
>>>> 
>>>> I am attending an event with other blind people and some guide dogs.  I
>>>> am
>>>> riding to this event in a van with one of the other guide dogs.  I am
>>>> planning on taking Monty.  I have heard from more than one trusted
>>>> source that the other guide dog is aggressive.   I do not know the
>>>> other
>>>> guide dog handler at all.  I do not know what program the dog is from.
>>>> Not going to this event is not an option.  getting there another way is
>>>> an
>>>> extremely remote option that I'm looking into.  Even if I do find other
>>>> transportation I will be in a small hotel for the weekend where this
>>>> other
>>>> guide dog will also be.
>>>> 
>>>> So what do I do?  I've thought about leaving Monty, but there won't be
>>>> anyone available to care for him.  I'd have to leave him at the dog
>>>> sitter's
>>>> place.  It also feels like leaving Monty is allowing the other person
>>>> to not
>>>> take responsibility for his dog.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there some obvious solution that I'm overlooking? I know you guys
>>>> are
>>>> awesome and will have great ideas.
>>>> 
>>>> TIA
>>>> Julie
>>>> 
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