[nagdu] Bad handlers
Natalie
nrorrell at qwest.net
Tue Mar 27 00:50:38 UTC 2012
Oh gosh, yes, I do hate when people with their unleashed dogs come over and
say, "Oh, my dog is friendly. It's okay if he visits." I had a situation
just like that last week. I just had to bite my tongue.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bad handlers
> 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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