[nagdu] Bad handlers

[Larry D. Keeler]

And those folks who have unleashed dogs love to come over and tell you 
they're dog wants to visit!!  Even though the dog is working!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Natalie" <nrorrell at qwest.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bad handlers


> 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.
>>
>> -- 
>> http://wolfsinger-lakota.blogspot.com/
>> http://wolfsinger2-thegoldendragon.blogspot.com
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