[nagdu] In question please

[Marsha Drenth]

Rebecca, 
Ok this is your official email from me as the moderator. I will ask that you be nicer in your responses to list members. I understand what your saying but state it in a nicer way. We can not judge people, we can not make assumptions, nor can we jump to conclusions. Be nice please! 

Thank you, 

Marsha, Moderator   
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On Nov 5, 2012, at 11:01 AM, "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:

> So the dog was in control, you just didn't like that it had no harness or vest?
> Reminds me of middle school.
> I'd have givena bunch of different answers too just because I could.
> Why did you all not just treat this man like a human and get to know him? "Hi, nice dog, want to go watch football after these meetings?"
> Odds are, you'd have made a friend, and you'd have maybe learned why he had a dog without treating him poorly.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 10:55 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] In question please
> 
> Thank you for helping me understand what is happening, yes the folks
> corrected their dogs, where all felt uncomfortable in the room when the
> groweling happened.
> If it is ok for this person to walk around with this saint bernard with
> no harness of any kind to indacate that it is a service dog, then they
> need to be questioned.
> Or anyone can do and say the same thing.
> How do we keep this in control?
> This is why I ask questions.
> The persons dog was in contro. each time I saw the team.
> Thanks again.
> 
> Original message:
>> Yes, there are dogs that can alert to changes in blood sugar levels.
>> There is even a program that trains this type of dog.  I'm remembering
>> it's in the northwest, Washington or Oregon?  Of course the dog wouldn't
>> have had to come from this or any program to be trained to alert to the
>> guy's medical condition.
> 
>> It is kind of odd that he changed his story about the dog over the
>> course of the weekend.  Perhaps the guy is uncomfortable talking about
>> his medical issues and was trying to evade what he perceived as
>> intrusive questions?  I don't know.  I do know that sometimes I give
>> people answers that aren't 100% honest because I am simply tired of
>> talking about it and would like to end the conversation.  Or it could be
>> that he was a bit insecure about having trained the dog himself.  I went
>> through that in the beginning.  People would ask how long I had my dog
>> and I would answer with how long the dog had been working, which of
>> course was shorter than the time I had the dog.  You can get a lot of
>> brutal comments from people when you announce training your own dog.
>> Sometimes I am just not in the mood to have that conversation, so I
>> avoid it.
> 
>> When you say that several dogs took a disliking to this dog, do you mean
>> that the other guide dogs were acting inappropriately or the diabetic
>> alert Saint Bernard?  Because if the other guide dogs were acting up but
>> the Saint  Bernard was not, then that is not the Saint  Bernard's
>> handlers issue.  That would be up to the guide dog handler's to control
>> their dogs.
> 
>> Julie
> 
> 
> 
>> On 11/4/2012 10:21 PM, d m gina wrote:
>>> hi there,
>>> Over the weekend we did get to our convention that was a success.
>>> Looking back on it, and conversations we had with a gentleman who
>>> claims his dog was first a seeing eye dog but not a seeing eye dog,
>>> but now a diabetic dog, but the dog knows how to walk on the left.
>>> That was when I went into wonder mode.
>>> This dog is a saint branard.
>>> Sorry I don't know how to spell the name.
>>> The question was asked if he was a type one or two diabetic, this was
>>> not done by staff just you and I visiting.
>>> There was no harness on the dog just a collar.
>>> Are there dogs out there doing this, and it was the first time I saw
>>> it happen?
>>> The guy i guess is blind/ I don't know the person at all.
>>> What I do know, is there were dogs who took a dislike to this dog, and
>>> they wanted to start a dog fight.
>>> The groweling was truly out of place.
>>> They did't take issue with any other dog that was there, just this one.
>>> I am guessing that this person does this kind of thing allot.
>>> Everyone questioned if this was really a service dog.
>>> then the same person gave another guy a different story, that was why
>>> I was wondering what was happening.
>>> I felt I was doing well to keep my dog in control.
>>> Thanks again, I just needed to know if this was something out of
>>> control, or really a dog out there who would let you know if you were
>>> having a problem.
> 
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