[nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"

Wed Feb 1 19:45:49 UTC 2012

Oh sure, rip it off.  I promise I won't sue you.  Katy and Mitzi will have 
to work out their own canine interpretation.  <grin>
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" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"

> 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"
>>
>>
>>> 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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