[nagdu] how much is too much?

[d m gina]

Original I think you handled it correctly, you knew dog was in 
training.  She will have to go out again with her dog set it up so that 
her dog lerns it can't do this under the table no matter what.
To bad you didn't get her number so you could do  set up again.
Just my thoughts.
Pleased your dogs did fine.
message:
> I had an interesting thing happen when eating in a restaurant Friday night.

> The place was busy so we had to wait a bit for our table.  When a table 
> came available, the hostess came over and let us know that our table 
> was ready, but that there was a therapy dog in training at the next 
> table.  She wanted it to be very clear that the dog was in training.  
> She asked if that would be a problem for our dogs.  I was in a small 
> group that included another guide dog user.  We both said that our dogs 
> would be fine with another dog at the next table.  They wouldn’t react 
> or be upset or cause a disturbance of any variety.   We let her know 
> that it wasn’t a problem as long as the lady with the dog in training 
> was willing and able to manage her dog appropriately.

> We get to the table and get seated.  the lady with the dog in training 
> said hello and made some other polite conversation.  Then her dog 
> started in barking, growling and shuffling around under her table.  At 
> first she talked to the dog, later she did correct.  She did apologize, 
> saying that he’s only 12 months old and you can’t start training until 
> then, so the dog is new to all of this.  She also said that normally he 
> is very good around other dogs.  The barking and growling went on for 
> probably half an hour, until she finished her dinner and left.  It 
> wasn’t continuous all that time, but was consistently occurring every 
> few minutes.

> Neither of  our two guides did anything inappropriate.  They were both 
> lying under the table quietly minding their own business.

> So what would you have done?
> Should we have asked for a different table? we would have had to wait longer
> should we have asked her to take the dog out?
> should we have asked the restaurant staff to speak to her or ask her to 
> take the dog out?
> Was she taking care of the situation appropriately?
> Should she have left earlier?
> How much is too much?

> Very curiously,
> Julie
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