[nagdu] Bad handlers

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Hi Mardi and Natalie,
How I solve the problem of my dog being interfered with while I'm out is 
that I correct my dog and say NOTHING to the person doing the interfering. 
If they get mad because I corrected the dog, I just say that THEY caused the 
correction so why are they mad at me.  They then shut up and keep their 
hands to themself.

People DO know that they shouldn't bother service dogs because so many will 
preface theior actions with, "I know I shouldn't but..." That tells me that 
most people nowadays know better but they just don't think about what they 
do or they don't care about what they do.

Mardi, maybe if Shaman finds himself getting corrected for approaching 
people, he will start to ignore people and the people will start to ignore 
him.  I find that people tend to be unsure about an aloof dog and tend to 
now want to pet them.  The friendly dogs who give the eyes and look for 
attention from people will get the petting.  I saw this for myself when I've 
had some dogs that look for attention and others that didn't look for 
attention.  My dogs do learn that they must work in spite of the "drive by" 
pettings they get.  What I find much more of a concern is that people let 
their pet dogs bother my dog or are off leash and come up to my dog while 
I'm crossing a street.

I'm talking from my own experiences and not telling you how to handle your 
own dogs.

Cheeers,

Lyn and Landon
----- 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 12:19 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.
>>
>> -- 
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>> http://wolfsinger2-thegoldendragon.blogspot.com
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