[nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"

[Tami Kinney]

Julie,

When people are talking to my dog and not listening to me, then I just 
start talking to the dog, too. "I don't know, Mitzi. What do *you* 
think?" stuff like that. I just started doing it to keep myself 
entertained while I tried to figure out how to get someone's attention 
to get them off my dog. It works surprisingly well. /lol/ Who knew?

When people are afraid, I do what you do. I figure it's their problem, 
not mine. So long as they don't make it my problem, I don't need to 
worry about it. Obviously, there is nothing I can do for them... /lol/

Tami

On 01/26/2012 07:51 PM, Julie McGinnity wrote:
> Hi Mark and everyone.
>
> In my experience, it does not seem to work both ways.  I have heard
> that the dog attracts women, and honestly that makes sense to me, but
> I have not found that it works the other way.
>
> This is a delemma I've had as well.  People don't want to talk to me,
> they want to talk to my dog.  It's hard to deal with without being
> considered very rude.  I've tried to just talk at them anyway.  Like,
> just start asking them questions if they begin talking to your dog and
> not you.  This especially works if you don't know the person.
>
> Petting in harness...  I don't allow it either, and I have had very
> good fortune where that is concerned.  What to do...  You should not
> hesitate to let them know that petting a working dog is wrong if they
> have not been given permission.  If they do not stop, you might be
> forced to remove their hands from your dog and walk away.  Sometimes
> people just don't listen.
>
> I pretty much ignored people who are afraid of my dog.  If it is
> causing a major disturbance, then work your dog like you normally
> would and do not draw more attention to yourself.  For the most part,
> once that person sees that your dog is not going to bother him/her,
> the fear will go away or be lessened.
>
> I live on a college campus myself, so these are things I also have to
> deal with.  Hope this helps.
>
> On 1/26/12, Larry D. Keeler<lkeeler at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> You have to look as cute as your dog!  I do wonder if any of the women on
>> the list draw studs with there dogs?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "William Vandervest"<timelord09 at att.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"
>>
>>
>>> the chick magnet thing doesn't seem to work for me, mostly i just get the
>>> 60+ crowd :-(
>>> William And LD Lynard
>>>
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