[nagdu] Greeting People while in harness

Tue Apr 23 15:58:44 UTC 2013

Tami,

Motley does the same thing as Mitzi, and he's a poodle too!!

Guess they're alike! Lol!

Chantel and Motley.
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:45 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Greeting People while in harness

Hey, Sarah!

Mitzi poodle does something like that, too, wanting to take me over to 
chat with folks, especially folks I know. At first, this made me crazy. 
Then I realized that it's kinda nice to know when friends and 
acquaintances are there to greet, since I want to greet them, too. /smile/

So basically, I just started toning her down by treating it like any 
other distraction, which is what you seem to be doing. But now we kinda 
have a communication so I know she's pointing out a "friendly." I can 
tell by her little veer and dance, at least usually. We're working 
through that little routine again, though, because of all the visiting 
in the retirement center and post acute care and all... I don't have the 
heart to crack down on the residents about petting and all when she's in 
harness, since she's really good about getting back to work. But now 
they are all our good, dear friends, apparently. /lol/ I have no idea of 
my way around the new wing where my Dad just moved because of all the 
extra zigging and zagging we seem to do. Some of it is going around slow 
moving folks with walkers and wheel chairs, but some is saying hello to 
people who must touch the dog... Very confusing! But we're getting our 
new sctick down.

Anyway, it sounds like you're doing the right thing by just treating it 
as a distraction. I wonder if that need to say hello to everyone we know 
is a poodle thing?

Tami

On 04/22/2013 10:41 PM, Sarah wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was wondering what I should do about Wizard's people distractions.  I
> rarely ever let people pet him while in harness. But whenever someone
> talks to me, or talks in our general direction, he tries to take me over
> to greet them.  He tries to drag me over to people if he knows them real
> well such as my mom or aunt.  What do you think I should do besides just
> pulling on the leash when he gets excited?
>
> Sarah and Wizard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shannon Dyer <solsticesinger at gmail.com
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> Date sent: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:31:52 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hello
>
> I think this is a matter of personal preference.  I don't usually allow
> my dog to be petted in harness.  Obviously, people do it without my
> permission from time to time.
>
> Shannon and Ace
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> On Apr 20, 2013, at 7:24 PM, lrsj89 at aol.com wrote:
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> Can you let some one pet your Guide dog if he or shee is setting or
> laying down?
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