[nagdu] Bad handlers

Wed Mar 28 01:52:07 UTC 2012

Hi Lyn,
I know that.  It's cool.  Thanks for the wisdom around others who get mad 
because I have to correct my dog.  Right on.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bad handlers

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