[nagdu] Bad handlers

[Natalie]

Hi Mardi,
No worries.  I have those same pet peeves.  I also hate it when someone has 
an unleashed dog and let it run upon Liam.  I'm like, Holy cow, people, do 
you not know how to talk to me first here?  Grrrr.  Anyway, I know what you 
mean.  The disrespect people sometimes show with interfering with me and my 
dog grinds my gears, too.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bad handlers


> This is one of my "pet" peeves! When I first trained Shaman and we would
> get on a bus, people would almost always reach out and pet him.They would
> get angry with me when I asked them not to pet him. Finally, one day I got
> angry and told them that they were undoing his training and putting my 
> life
> at risk.Shaman would go right up to these people on the bus to get
> petted,while I was trying to get in to the wheelchair bay.I had trained 
> him
> to back up in front of me while going down the isle to get my chair tied
> down in the bay.This would distract him so mush when people would pet 
> him.I
> felt like screaming! If people left him alone, he did what he was supposed
> to with no problem.People also pet my dog when they can clearly see he is
> working.Children run up to Shaman and grab him.I can't understand why
> people do this to a strange dog,especially a shepherd. I would never just
> walk up to a dog I did not know and pet it with out first asking.
> Especially if that dog was a shepherd that I did not know.I don't
> understand why people get angry with me when I won't let them pet my dog.
> It is my dog!I am the only one who pets my dog when he is in harness. I
> hate it also when people criticize  me for correcting my dog. I do not
> think I am a bad handler.I don't have to use leash corrections very 
> often.I
> just hate it when people interfere with my dog and me .  Sorry for the 
> rant
> but this really annoys me.    Mardi and Shaman and Tipton,Future GDIT.
>
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