[nagdu] People who persist in petting

[Larry D. Keeler]

That was a good way to handle it!  Actually, sence Holly is a labradoodle 
and very sweet, she has a major cuteness factor going on!  Sometimes I have 
to get tough but mostly not so much.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "marilyn" <t21114 at optonline.net>
To: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 7:41 AM
Subject: [nagdu] People who persist in petting


> Hi Julie and Everyone,
> I had an incident two summers ago out in a town called Greenport . I was 
> doing day things with friends as I was on vacation. We went out of a store 
> and stood on the sidewalk figuring out which way to walk. A man came over 
> and started petting Anna. I asked very nicely "Please don't pet the dog 
> it's is working. When you see a dog in harness its working and you should 
> not distract it. He said I like dog. He continued to pet the dog. I said 
> again in a firm voice Please don't pet the dog you are distracting it. He 
> said again I like dogs. So the only thing I could do was drop the harness 
> shorten the leash and stood in front of Anna so now he couldn't pet the 
> dog as I was blocking him. He then walked away. My friends and I couldn't 
> believe it but they thought what I did was good. Sometimes we have to take 
> further steps when someone won't listen and block them so they can't pet 
> the dog.
> Marilyn and Anna
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