[nagdu] Greeting People while in harness

Tue Apr 23 19:08:03 UTC 2013

I am glad to know that I am not alone.  I don't even like 
boarding buses with my dog because he tries to drag me to greet 
the driver.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Tami Jarvis <tami at poodlemutt.com
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:44:55 -0700
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
 To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users"
 <nagdu at nfbnet.org
 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
 Shannon Dyer
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 On Apr 20, 2013, at 7:24 PM, lrsj89 at aol.com wrote:

 Can you let some one pet your Guide dog if he or shee is setting 
or
 laying down?

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