[nagdu] another what would you do question
Larry D. Keeler
lkeeler at comcast.net
Tue Apr 10 21:31:20 UTC 2012
Great! I hope it will be just one big misunderstanding and everything will
go well!
----- 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: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] another what would you do question
>I called this morning. He was confused. After we got past that part we
>had a nice conversation. I did not bring up the things I'd heard. I
>approached it from a place of cooperation and mutual harmony. I said that
>I was also bringing my guide dog and if there was anything I could do to
>make everything go well, I was happy to do that. We worked out that one of
>us would sit in the front seat in the van and the other person would sit in
>the back. He didn't have any comments for the hotel portion.
>
> Further along in the conversation I did ask if his dog got along well with
> others. He did say that his dog does bark sometimes, but not that often
> and that he's working on it. There was no mention of anything like what
> I've heard from other people.
>
> So I'm not sure if it's a case of
> 1. people like to gossip
> 2. people don't like guide dogs and see any minor infraction as a huge
> ordeal
> 3. people are not dog people and are misinterpreting things
> 4. guide dog handler guy is oblivious, in denial, lying or some other
> similar such thing
> or 5. I'm completely nutters and over reacting
>
> So the end of the story for right now is that I have done everything I am
> willing to do. I am taking Monty. I don't know whether or not I am
> riding there with this gentleman, but that isn't to do with his dog,
> rather it's about my lack of thorough planning. I'll try to give the
> other dog as much space as I possibly can until it becomes clear to me
> what is going on.
>
> Thanks for all the thoughtful posts on the topic. I have never in my life
> called another guide dog user about this sort of thing. It was rather
> awkward for me, but I'm still glad I did. I did get a similar call from
> another service dog user once. At the time I thought it was very strange,
> but looking back I'm glad she did call instead of worrying and wondering.
>
> Thanks again!
> Julie
>
>
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