[nagdu] Seating

[Julie J.]

I try very hard to find a place for Monty where he will be safe.  Very 
rarely do I request a specific place to sit though. If at a table or 
desk he goes under and shares my foot space.  Generally I put my feet on 
either side of him if I am concerned about him getting kicked or 
stretching out into other people's foot space. There are so many 
different seating arrangements it is difficult to describe what works 
for all situations because there is no single simple answer.  On 
occasion I have used my backpack or an empty chair to put next to him or 
over in the case of the chair to protect his space and keep people from 
stepping on him. When I present in a classroom type setting I usually 
have him lie near the wall at the front of the room.  If there are rows 
of chairs side by side with no table in front I try to get him under my 
chair with his front half sharing my foot space.  If the chair isn't 
open underneath I will sit on an end, preferably not the main aisle end.

I think it comes down to do the best you can do in any particular 
situation.  It gets easier with experience.  I also think you have to 
accept that stuff happens and if the dog gets stepped on you will work 
through it the best you can.  I suppose some dogs would get anxious 
after something like this, but most recover as easily as a person would 
if someone bumped into you.

Julie








On 11/4/2012 9:00 AM, lizzy wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have another question, (shocker, not really).  So the other day my 
> friend and I were out and about when we saw a guide dog team (yay!).  
> I didn't have a chance to talk her ear off, but my friend noticed the 
> woman's dog was stepped on a few times by people who weren't watching 
> where they were going.  So I started thinking, do any of you have 
> preferred seating? For example in a meeting maybe sitting closer to a 
> wall or area where people won't walk through as much? For those of you 
> with dogs in school, what about in a class room? For those of you who 
> just sit anywhere, do you notice that your dog is stepped on more 
> often? Finally, does this scar the dog? Will they refuse to go near an 
> area where they have been stepped on? Does this cause a lot of stress 
> and anxiety?
>
> Just wondering, thanks again!
> Lizzy
>
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