[nagdu] Barking - revisited?

[Tracy Carcione]

I tend to agree with Vivianna, so long as it doesn't get out of hand.  The 
people she is barking at are not the kind of people you want interacting 
with either of you.
Of course, it's a fine line, and she might get carried away with it; I don't 
know.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vivianna via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the National 
Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Barking - revisited?


>  Hi. I am sorry to say, but I think this is great! I wish my dog would do 
> it too. Those kind of people are the people that you do not want to have 
> to deal with. If it keeps them from harassing you robbing you grabbing you 
> or doing other kinds of unsavory things I think it's great! Even though 
> it's not great guy dog behavior your dog is trying to tell you something 
> is wrong
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:48 AM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, guys!
>> I just wanted to discuss barking in harness... again.  This does not 
>> often happen, but it happens enough that I think I need more than a 
>> "Quiet" command.  Let me start off by saying that the barking is not 
>> constant, but it is 1-3 "Woof!"s.  based on what I can piece together 
>> from her body language, Jenny is not overly friendly, but not overly 
>> hostile when she does this...
>>
>> Occasionally, Jenny will bark in harness.  This almost always happens 
>> when we are waiting for a bus.  it seems to be only if someone is making 
>> prolonged eye contact with her (just a guess on my part), and this seems 
>> to be primarily done by members of the homeless population in this 
>> particular neighborhood.  She will bark once or twice, I say "No" or 
>> "Quiet", she quiets down, but then the person will try and talk to her or 
>> pet her, which causes her to either bark again or move away if she can. 
>> It is usually a quick exchange, but I can't seem to find any further 
>> patterns than what I have described, except this tends to happen more 
>> after work...
>>
>> but last night I was having supper with a friend in a mall food court, 
>> when someone who was definitely under the influence of alcohol - perhaps 
>> something else as well? - approached our table.  Jenny is not normally 
>> affected by intoxicated people, but he bent down to her level.  The 
>> minute he touched her, she tried to back away, and let out a bark when 
>> she couldn't move any further away.  I told him to not pet the dog, Jenny 
>> quieted down, but then he started talking to her, which got her barking 
>> again.
>>
>> I am not sure what to do here... would love any suggestions.
>>
>> Daryl
>>
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