[nagdu] Changing my Petting Policy

[Nicole Torcolini]

The place that I seem to get asked often is at the doctor while I am waiting
in the waiting room. This is actually a rather good environment for petting
as there is my chair and then there is the chair of the person doing the
petting. Lexia stays in my area, even when she is being petted. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:07 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Changing my Petting Policy

Just out of curiosity, how often do you guys get asked if someone can pet
your dog? and how often do people pet without asking?

>From reading the messages, it appears that others are getting a lot more
requests to pet and petting without asking than I experience.  I'm going to
venture a guesstimate that I get a request to pet at a rate of once a week
or maybe once in two weeks.  People who pet without asking are rare, maybe 2
to 5 times in a year.  Although Monty makes it difficult for people to pet
without asking because he will move away from outstretched hands.

I'd love to know what it is that makes such a big difference in the rate of
interest/petting.  Is it the location?  the behavior of the dog?  the
demeanor of the handler?  how dogs are viewed in the community?  some sort
of service dog education program in the schools?

I am really curious,
Julie


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