[nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"

[Larry D. Keeler]

I wish I could throw my voice and make it sounds like Holly is talking!  It 
would be fun to put a little box on her harness and have her answer back!
----- 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: Friday, January 27, 2012 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs as "chick magnets"


> 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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