[nagdu] Soul Searching

[Larry D. Keeler]

To bad you had a hard time Cindy!  I sure feel bad for you.  The only issues 
I have with Holly is that she thinks everyone loves her and she wants to 
visit them all!  This leads to a lot of correcting and one sore left arm but 
that's all.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 11:11 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Soul Searching


> Well, the convention is over. I went. It was fun meeting you, Mark. But 
> there were really some serious dog problems with my dog. Sad.
> I have always known he had issues with dogs, but I thought I had made some 
> progress with it. But at convention he just came totally unglued. Nothing 
> really bad ever happened, because I was on alert with him. It was tense 
> though, and when he did what he does--growl and bark--people reacted as 
> you might expect they would. He frightened them, and mostly they thought I 
> did not have control of him, and they didn't mind saying so. I finally did 
> seek out TSE. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get the GL on him, 
> after the visit with TSE, I did figure this out. But I have learned two 
> things from this. I need to do something. I was offered a visit a long 
> time ago; I didn't think it was necessary because I did and do know most 
> of the things I might be able to do to help. I need to try them by way of 
> going out more with him. But I will call for help because I believe that 
> there are some things someone who can see notes about what your dog is 
> doing or the other that you could miss. So I will call for help.
> Second, Lukas said his eyes seemed a little dilated. He thought I might 
> want to have the dog checked for cataracts. He is of an age now where this 
> might be a possibility. After that, I have decided that, unless there are 
> huge changes in the dog between now and the next convention, I won't take 
> him again. I enjoyed the convention, but I did not enjoy the sense that 
> folk think I am a bad handler, and though I had the largest amount of 
> control over the dog, I do et this. I won't put myself through that ever 
> again. I have never taken a dog to convention that had this serious of 
> issues, and I think I've been in denial about the dog's issues with other 
> dogs. So that's it. Yesterday when we were walking to the ticket counter 
> at the airport, there was a dog in front of us that we were following. My 
> dog did fine until we were just about there and then he did his bark/growl 
> thing. It was a dog with whom he had tangled earlier in the week a couple 
> of times. What was that? I just don't know because up until that moment he 
> had been coexisting with that dog well.
>
> Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I hope all have a good 
> weekend.
>
> Cindy Lou
> p.s. I just have to say it was fun helping at the NAGDU Table.
>
>
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