[nagdu] am proud of my four-legged furry son
Star Gazer
pickrellrebecca at gmail.com
Fri May 10 19:58:05 UTC 2013
Wow how cool! Or at least I hope it was for a good reason.
Can you send a link or tell us which school and which trainer?
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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary Wurtzel
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 9:28 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] am proud of my four-legged furry son
Felix pretty much ignores other dogs. We were at a pet store today. He
did okay but still has the issue of putting his nose down on the floor to
get whatever he sees that was dropped. He also still will not stay out of
the trash. I tried to find a locking trash can today, but Fred doesn't
think the one I found is going to do the trick.
This is off any topics, but I just saw my dog guide school and my very own
trainer featured tonight on CNN.
Mary
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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 9:00 PM
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HELLO list,
If Wizard sees another dog, whether he knows the dog or not, he acts as if
he's not even in hness! He is definetely not calm. I don't think he would
ever ignore another dog and I'm not sure how to correct this.
Sarah and Wizard
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From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org Date sent: Thu, 9 May 2013 10:12:17 -0500
Subject: Re: [nagdu] am proud of my four-legged furry son
Well, you sure can't know this until you have tried it. Fisher is calm, and
he loves other dogs, but the ones he doesn't know, he blusters about, and
that doesn't go over real well. LOL.
Cindy Lou
On May 9, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net> wrote:
hi cindy I understand where you are coming from. We'll be going to
national for the first time with dogs and I'm not going to promise perfect
behavior but I will do everything that I can to keep Tres under good control
and that is the best that I can do.
I don't know how our dogs will react to multiple dogs all that I can do is
the best that I can to see that tres is as calm as posible.
On 5/9/2013 8:45 AM, Cindy Ray wrote:
I kind of dislike the judgmental attitude. First of all, Pits are n ot by
name mean and/or evil. It is interesting what Officer Paul said about Labs,
or what it the lady. Second, the judgment that the owner left because they
knew they were in the wrong is judgmental, and that the dogs weren't
licensed or up-to-date on shots is something you really do not know. The
owner may have left to get the dogs out of the situation. That's what I
would have done. The judgmental is why I'm not bringing my dog to
convention this year. He growls/barks at dogs who are unknown to him. On
those occasions when he got away, nothing else transpires. Mostly, he
hasn't. He sounds mean though, and I get that this is frightening.
However, the reaction is that people assume that I don't have him under
control. Not so. But this year I won't subject myself to it. It was just
too stressful, which isn't really so good for the dog.
Thanks.
Cindy Lou
On May 9, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net> wrote:
Megan that was my first thought also. I would have no idea about whether
the dogs around here have up to date shots and licenses but I wouldn't
presume that they didn't.
On 5/9/2013 7:56 AM, Meghan Whalen wrote:
I am curious how you know those dogs were not up to date on shots or
licenses. Good thing they were on leash. At least said owner did manage to
keep them from you. I understand your frustration, but it is also unfair to
assume that poorly socialized dogs are not cared for in any way. I think
that most people do mean well for their dogs. The fact that this person was
out with his or her dogs on leash means he was already a bit better of a
handler than some...at least he walks his dogs, and hopefully in future, the
dogs will be better controled or muzzled if they cannot be contr
Meghan
On 5/9/2013 8:49 AM, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire
wrote:
Hi, all,
Sub says it all.
I took Odie down to the Municipal Animal Shelter yesterday and am proud of
my four-legged furry son.
There were a few dogs that came in and one leaving the shelter.
He remained still each time a dog came in with its owner.
I praised him with a good boy upon patting his head and giving him a
massage behind his ears.
The dog that left the shelter was a pit bull terior with a blue nose or
mouth.
Thankfully, there was an animal control officer on hand if something were
to happen which luckily, nothing did.
Now to the part of speaking with the animal control officer.
I did let her know what happened with Odie and I Sunday evening and despite
that we weren't bit, she still considered the incident an attack.
She told me they plan to have animal control officer sweep the area more
offten of where the incident happened.
I also had to mention to her that Odie and I's good friends Natalie and
Liam were harassed at 38th and Clay and she informed me they would do the
same thing out there as well.
Officer Paul told me due to how the animal control laws are done for the
whole state of Colorado, not just counties and towns but the whole state,
they can only educated the dog owners the first time as far as letting
owners know their dog needs to be on leash at all times, but keeping them
under control by keeping the dog closer to them.
I also let Officer Paul know how our 311 agency workers aren't being very
helpful to those that are blind with guide/assistance dogs.
She suggested for me to get Diane Evans who I had good luck with last year
and just yesterday.
Another suggestion was that if I wasn't able to get Dian Evans and wound up
with an agent that decided to be a brat, request a supervisor and if not,
then contact the police department.
Officer Paul did let me know that if Odie and I are attacked again, to
immediately call 9 1 1 if we both end up getting injured requiring medical
attention for both of us.
Something somewhat shocking I learned is that in the Denver County area
amongst dog bites, labradors have been known for it.
When Officer Paul and I were talking, I expressed how majority of the
attacks on people and dogs can be avoided if only people would take the time
ti train their dogs properly and stay on top of them.
Going back to the owner and dogs that were responsible for charging Odie
and I, I mentionted to animal control that I did immediately call the police
department, letting them know that if an officer were to circle the area,
they probably wouldn't see that owner and dogs because the owner knew dog
gone well he was in the wrong upon his dogs not being licensed or having
vaccinations up to date.
The owner knows if they stick around, they're going to automatically be
fined.
The officer definitely agreed with me on that one and it's become a more
growing trend.
Denver county Animal Control works along beside the police department and
that if an attack occurs on a human or service dog team, they immediately
dispatch an animal control officer out quickly.
i'm happy I did get somewhere and my hopes are that the attacks on humans
and working dogs will cut down more.
I also wanted to let those with working dogs know there is a web site that
you can register with in regards of dog bites.
I found it a good resource and will finish confirming to get newsletters
from them.
The web site is:
http://www.dogbite.org
I encourage may to visit that site, but if those who have been injured by
dogs, I can understand why he/she wouldn't be comfortable doing so.
I just thought to offer that information.
Well, guess I'll end right here.
Sorry for the long, message.
I just wanted to update everyone on how things went yesterday and that I
made some good progress.
Bibi and son Odie
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