[nagdu] Advice Requested

Tue Jan 24 18:13:01 UTC 2012

Mark,
Dan isn't saying that the education isn't worth it. He's saying that there are other schools that will offer you the same education without the bad treatment.
You shouldn't be treated the way you are because of your dog. You shouldn't have to "be on their case" to get the materials you need.

School is really no different from anything else in life. We all need a place to live, but many options fit that bill.
Lastly, and this is big, know that you planned to to this school before you got a dog. Now you have a dog and things are different. Planning to do something and actually doing it are very different. It is okay to call uncle and go to a different school. Should you do that, keep your grades up, and do all that you can to transfer directly v. taking time off.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark J. Cadigan
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:05 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advice Requested

Dan,

The education is well worth it. I seem to get materials more or less on time
from the ODS. This seems to be a sort of fluke. However, I have been on
there case about textbooks since day one. I keep on top of things; I get the
books when I need them.

Someone just has an issue with my dog.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advice Requested

> Well, I know this doesn't help you, but just in empathy I must ay it
> sounds
> like a horrible place you're studying.
> I hope at least the education they are giving you is worth the
> annoyance--smile.
>
> Keep writing, it's good to be able to discuss things with sympathetic
> people
> and some of us have been there or at least in similar situations.
>
> Usually the trouble-maker is someone who has nothing better to do.
> When I lived in my apartment, I had a grassy area to relieve Evan my dog
> at
> that time
> And other people with pet dogs took their four-legged buds there as well.
> There was a retired couple who sadly really had apparently nothing better
> to
> do and their window abutted the area if that's the right term.
>
> So, if they thought I left some number two it was a call to the manager
> who
> actually was a great guy.
> I told him that if it was a concern they can show me where the offending
> flotsam was and I could dispatch it or better yet, those who were worried
> about it could do so seeing as anyone who sees me knows I try.
>
> Also, for some reason if their was some left it was always me who was
> blamed, why not any one else, I know that others did not clean up
> faithfully
> as I had stepped in it a few times--smile.
>
> Honestly, I'm not a militant about cleaning up like my list friends, I
> mean,
> I do it but I don't have this zealous attitude some of my guide dog user
> friends have about it.
>
> Like it or not, it is harder and some situations it's not safe, such as
> when
> you curb a dog and when cars are whizzing by.
>
> I like the NYC law, honestly, though having been to NYC you'd think their
> isn't one, because, though I cleaned up, I got yelled at by people of
> dubious mental attributes, such as a man who told me, "your f---ing dog
> better not piss on my truck".
>
> Not sure what would have happened if my f---ing dog did so, he scared
> me--lol--so I got out of there in a hurry.
> .
>
> I've had people complain when I lived in Maryland that dog number one
> would
> deface the curb, or that dog number one would ruin grass and why can't I
> use
> pads or whatever they are called to put under my dog.
>
> One person asked me why I couldn't spread out paper, newspaper I take it.
> One person said I should bring a sprinkle bottle with Clorox in it or
> something.
> That was actually the same helpful person who apparently had a lot of time
> on his hands to worry about my dog's effect on the gutter because, as he
> so
> insightfully put it, "you can't see what it looks like".
>
>
>
>
> Dan the man, Carter the nut
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Mark J. Cadigan
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 7:28 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advice Requested
>
> People just want to make my life difficult.  That's all it is. Nothing of
> substance, just lots of complaining and the like.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "harold leigland" <hleigland at bresnan.net>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advice Requested
>
>
>> re advice requested; hi mark we use potty harnesses from paw power, the
>> bags cost 11 dollars per thousand on line, must get the address myself
>> when we need more but they don't leak also I have never heard of poop
>> causing a significant problem with concrete, and my dad was a commercial
>> contractor, and I helped a lot with concrete. best hal
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Friday, Jan 20, 2012 03:33:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advice Requested
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What if you had paper towel with you and then after bagged up take that
>>> and scrub the area with it some more. I have  never heard of people
>>> having this issue so much, though maybe they just don't talk about it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:27 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>>
>>> > Well, the problem arises because it is less than 32 hear, and because
>>> > the pavement is so cold, some of the waist adheres to it. especially
>>> > when it is watery due to stress on the dog.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>>> > To: "NAGDU Mailing Listeathe National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> > <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 5:16 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advice Requested
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >ar I don't know. After I pick up, I always scrape the bag around where
>>> >the dog went to make sure I get it all. I have never had this issue
>>> >before, though I am sure sometimes there has been a little. Does the
>>> >dog
>
>>> >move around when it is having a moving experience?
>>> >ar
>>> >ar Cindy
>>> >ar
>>> >ar On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>> >ar
>>> >>> Hi,
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> As you know I recently received a guide dog. As every guide dog
>>> >>> handler knows, it is important to pick up after your dog. I am doing
>>> >>> this as best I can, however, sometimes there is a "skid mark" of
>>> >>> solid waist left behind on the concrete wich is impossible to
>>> >>> remove.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The school office of disability services is giving me a hard time
>>> >>> about my dogs parking. The school says that I am not doing a good
>>> >>> enough job picking up the solid waist. According to the school, the
>>> >>> skid marks ground into the concrete when I pick up after my dog are
>>> >>> causing a problem. Suggestions, thoughts, concerns?
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Mark
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