[nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"

[Tami Kinney]

Lisa,

OMG! Too funny. Mitzi can so totally flip people the bird with that grin 
of hers, better than some really dedicated rebellious teenagers I've 
known. So I've encouraged this for when others give her commands. /lol/ 
Drives DD crazy, because while they have a really close and funny 
relationship at home, if he gives her an obedience command, she gives 
him the bird and looks at me, grinning. /lol/

Of course, she uses it on me, too. She thinks she's funny. Sigh. Still, 
she has good judgment somehow, so she only does it when it is actually 
funny and not when it counts.

I'm okay with that, because at work it translates to intelligent 
disobedience. Which she was born with, so, as I tell people, I didn't 
have to go out and play in traffic to teach it to her. /lol/

I like the "she has teeth" response when the questioner about biting 
gives a vibe... Can I plagiarize? /smile/

Tami

On 02/01/2012 08:42 AM, Lisa belville wrote:
> Heeeheeh, Katy has a facial expression that looks exactly like she's
> giving people the finger. She's used it when people are too clueless to
> get out of our way and she's impatient to get moving.
>
> Of course, she subjects me to it, too. One of Katy's favorite activities
> lately is to come as soon as I call her and then dropping her largest
> most jagged Nylabone on my foot, with that same expression on her face
> the whole time.
>
>
> Hey, guess what! guess what! guess what! Aww crap, I forgot!
> Lisa Belville
> missktlab1217 at frontier.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"
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>
>> Doesn't that just make you crazy? Sheesh!
>>
>> Before I thought of a fake name for Mitzi, I noticed that she was
>> pretty good at giving people the finger when they are not the boss of
>> her. /lol/ Well, she's pretty good at giving me the finger, too, but
>> since I am the boss of her, it doesn't get her very far. Then again,
>> she's a poodle, so she's only doing it because she thinks it's funny.
>> /lol/
>>
>> So I just have always rewarded her for doing what she knows she is
>> supposed to be doing instead of whatever some fool is telling her to
>> do, and it's all good. She appears to think that is funny, too. She's
>> pretty smug with herself, which frustrates people who think she should
>> be minding them. Teehee. Obviously, I think it's funny, too. So there
>> are me and my poodle just doing our thing and grinning like fools. The
>> person who is giving orders to a working guide dog appears to get no
>> validation whatsoever from his/her bad behavior. I feel so bad for
>> them... NOT!
>>
>> So I guess it depends on the dog. Some will obey anybody who gives
>> them the right command. Others, not so much.
>>
>> How is John doing these days? /grin/ Sounds like he is quite the
>> campus stud. Good thing he has you for a geeky sidekick! /lol/
>>
>> Tami
>>
>> On 01/28/2012 09:56 AM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>> Tami,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am so glad I gave everyone a fake name for my dog, because everyone
>>> calls him and makes noises at him incessantly.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Kinney"
>>> <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:51 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"
>>>
>>>
>>>> Maybe we should all take ventriloquist classes? /lol/ I've always
>>>> wanted to have Mitzi answer them, too. Maybe I should put some
>>>> practice into it? /lol/ Wouldn't that be a hoot!
>>>>
>>>> Tami
>>>>
>>>> On 01/27/2012 11:12 AM, Cindy Ray wrote:
>>>>> Oh, Larry, I have always thought it would be great to have a way to
>>>>> make the dog seem to be talking. People walk up to it and don't even
>>>>> say anything to you. They just say, "Hello, puppy!" I have thought it
>>>>> would truly freak them out if you could get the dog to seem to say
>>>>> back "Hello."
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy
>>>>>
>>>>>
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