[nagdu] Congratulations!

Ann Edie annedie at nycap.rr.com
Sun Jun 10 00:14:41 UTC 2012


Hi, Tami,

Ah, how come you didn't tell us you were getting married?  I presume the
lucky spouse is the person who used to be referred to on list as DD?  Well,
anyway, here's wishing you and the whole human and canine family many happy
years of blissful togetherness!  Don't forget to get your name changed on
Mitzie's "official" guide dog certificate, or her trainer may come repossess
her at any moment, because the name of the handler on the certificate
doesn't match yours!

Congratulations!

Best,
Ann

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tami Kinney
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 3:16 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Third party reporting by other guide dog users

Jenny,

Yes, I remember hearing about that and your telling about it. Sigh. In fact,
it's your story that I keep thinking of and then worrying about this similar
situation that I am closer to. Sigh. Life is too short!

I'm glad you're back and getting on with your applications, extra
frustrations and all. Yikes! I have a bunch of that same identity stuff to
get worked out, too, moreso since I recently got married and now have to get
my name switched everywhere only... Where to start! /lol/ I'm afraid to
start in the places I'm required to in case they get more screwed up and
stop getting the checks to me... This week, it is on the agenda, but I just
shudder to think.

Take care, and I'm glad you're hear and sharing your quest for your next
dog. /smile/

Tami

On 06/09/2012 01:05 PM, Jenny Keller wrote:
> To answer your question.
>
> YES when I was having issues with my former guide last Easter and had to
retire him.  I told the list what had happened and let them know that the
school I had gotten the dog from had done some dirty manipulation to get me
to come back there after I had applied somewhere else and they found out
about it.
>
> there were threats made that if they found out what guide dog school I had
applied to now, that they would assure that I never got a guide dog again,
and that I was a horrible handler, and that I was a B***h and that I never
should've been given a dog in the first place.
>
> The person that received that threat is on this list, though I will not
mention their name for their privacy.
>
> there are people who think they know best and will certainly stick their
noses where it doesn't belong because they think they know best.
>
> It is important to watch what you say on any list.
>
> Jenny
> On Jun 9, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Tami Kinney wrote:
>
>> My question is this: Do guide dog users routinely report other guide dog
users to their training program and trainer for minor mishaps mentioned on
discussion lists. Or because the guide dog user being reported doesn't use
the collar the reporter believes they should use, stuff like that? And do
they do it in a way that makes the one they are reporting sound super
irresponsible and unwilling to listen to help? For that matter, would most
trainers take these reports seriously, over the information given by the
guide dog user who has been reported to them?
>>
>> Okay, here's my long explanation behind the questions:
>>
>> Since I'm an owner-trainer, the notion that another guide dog user might
report me to my trainer for any reason has never troubled my fluffy little
head before.
>>
>> Only I recently found out that this sort of thing actually happens! 
>> Not for witnessed events of great severity as some of the "what would 
>> you do" discussions of awhile ago, where there was a scenario 
>> involving one guide dog attacking another and causing injury and 
>> another involving a guide dog user reportedly regularly blowing a 
>> street crossing so badly as to cause risk of traffic accidents in 
>> addition to putting himself and his dog in danger. In those, I think 
>> a few people raised the notion of getting in touch with the guide dog 
>> user's school but I don't remember that there was a consensus that 
>> this would be an appropriate course of action. They were "what if" 
>> questions, so no consensus was needed. /smile/
>>
>> Anyway, I'm pretty shocked to learn that there are guide dog users who
will report other guide dog users for blurbs on e-mail discussion lists. Not
this one, but it recently happened. And now I find out it has happened
before, with the same group of people doing the reporting.
>>
>> So, let's say that I mention in that group that Mitzi did X in random
chatter, thinking I was among friends. Suddenly, some people are asking me
questions, which I answer to clear things up... Then they start insist that
I said something 3 months ago that contradicts what I just said about what
Mitzi did yesterday, and then I get upset and rattled and try to clear
things up.... So then there's blood in the water.
>>
>> Next thing I know, I get a letter from my trainer about what I said on
the list and then another one which is where I find out people from this
group have been getting in touch with him/her repeatedly about how they're
helping me but I won't listen and stuff like that, because I don't do
exactly what they tell me to do faithfully no matter what it is.
>>
>> Since I know the people involved and the dog in question fairly well, 
>> I wasn't surprised by the verbal attack by a certain few members of 
>> the group. Sigh. Maybe they do think they're helping, but... Um... 
>> Oh, well. I was just shocked to learn that one or more of them would 
>> go so far as to call the trainer on another user because of a blip on 
>> a list. Sheesh! I guess that this actually goes on in that group. 
>> Heavens! Oddly, the "helpers" there chat a lot on that list and go to 
>> the same school and have the same trainer... Which makes me wonder if 
>> they should get a great big van and fill it with crates and take the 
>> whole lot of dogs back to school. /lol/ I'm delving in sarcasm there, 
>> but the list of things I can recall that these helpful guide dog 
>> users have reported their dogs getting up to are fairly amazing. 
>> They're all relatively new dogs, young dogs, so I tend to figure the 
>> handlers are getting it worked out and can figure out for themselves 
>> if they need to contact the trainer. Bu
t, I guess, If I were to follow their fine example... No, of course, I won't
do that. That's just so... Tacky! /lol/
>>
>> So my question is: Does this actually go on? Do guide dog users report
other guide dog users just to be manipulative and retaliatory or whatever?
Even if it's clearly stated that the guide dog user they are reporting is in
contact with the trainer over the matter they mention?
>>
>> Well, I'm suddenly feeling really smug that if any of these folks want to
report me to my trainer, they are welcome to! My trainer will treat their
reports with all the attention they deserve.
>>
>> Oh, they've helped me, too! By explaining sternly that I should never
stick sharp metal implements into my poodle's ear canals... I'm not making
that up. I mean, that is a true statement, I can agree to that. However...
Do I *look* that stupid? /lol/ I kinda figured that one out on my own years
ago, so I don't know that telling me to do something I know better than to
do is helpful. I've been helped to understand the bus routes around my home.
Again, apparently, I really am too stupid to work that out on my own
somehow... Sheesh!
>>
>> So I haven't fallen all over myself in gratitude or listened, 
>> really... So I could be reported, I am sure! Well, and I don't have a 
>> certified guide, no ID card to flash... Why would I owner-train when 
>> I could get a certified guide dog? Um... For those who are relatively 
>> new enough to have not read any of those discussions, there is no 
>> such thing as a certified guide dog in terms of the ADA and access to 
>> places of public accommodation. The guide dog training programs must 
>> be certified for the consumer's protection. The trainers must also be 
>> certified to work at the certified guide dog training program. The 
>> dogs are not certified. The nice ID cards often have the relevant 
>> portions of the law printed on them, which does make them useful. 
>> They do not grant you access to anything at all, and it is illegal 
>> for anyone to ask you to show them. /smile/ It's your dog's training 
>> for your disability that counts, and your dog's good behavior, etc., 
>> once you walk into a place. But I have a feeli
ng I am being "taught by example" for being the other guide dog user's
friend and for being an owner-trainer by having things addressed to me that
make a point of mentioning the flashing of ID cards. /lol/ I've never even
said there what I *really* think of that practice! It's anyone's choice what
they do with the ID card from their school, so why get uptight about it?
/lol/
>>
>> Tami
>>
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