[nagdu] Changing my Petting Policy

[Darla Rogers]

Hi Everyone,

	What really honks me off is if I'm sitting and waiting with
headphones on reading, listening to music, etc.  I don't care whether or not
they have tried to get my attention; if I'm reading, that's what I want to
do.
	I am a lot more patient at the psychiatrist's office--not because I
am afraid of any of the patients, but they are good about asking and
understanding if he is being too excitable.  I also usually get **good*
questions about how guide dogs work.
	The last reasons is that I know--I'm a VR counselor with a strong
counseling background--that a little pet session might just really make that
person's day, especially a younger person.
	I guess this sounds a bit hypocritical, so I may have to try harder
to make sure people don't see him--hard to do walking up to the counter to
check in. <grin>
Darla & Huck


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of sheila
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:59 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Changing my Petting Policy

it happens alot with us at doctor's offices and some at church. It seems to
happen when standing still or sitting and not much when actually walking.
On 4/29/2014 8:30 PM, Nicole Torcolini wrote:
> 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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