[nagdu] They know the dog is working?

[Deanna Lewis]

Hi Abby,
Hope you had a great Holiday too and have a happy new year!
I get this a ton, and I used to just ignore the people and give Pascal a correction if he was getting distracted. A week or so ago, I was at the grocery store and some guy was walking by and he said to the dog, "Oh, I see you are working, so I won't pet you." But, then he started to make clicking noises and continued to talk to Pascal! I told him  politely that the noises and talking to him was still distracting to him and his work. I don't think he cared, some people... GRRR
Anyways, I think you did the correct thing. We can't control the idiots out there, but we can control the dog when they get distracted. 
Also, since the people at your Mom's work are like family, maybe you might want to allow a few minutes for people to interact with Jada out of harness. But, if you're in a public place, that may be hard to do.
Hope this helps!
Deanna and Pascal

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abigail Bolling via nagdu
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 10:06 AM
To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
Subject: [nagdu] They know the dog is working?

Hi all,
I'd like to start this out with saying I hope you all had a great holiday. And hope the new year is good for you and your furry friends.
Now I have a serious question for you all?
My mothers employees are almost like family. Mother has been at her place of employment for over 30 years, and her staff all love dogs.

This one woman walked up to Jada this morning and started trying to get jada to play with her.  Jada was in harness, and since we were in public, I corrected her for reacting. The woman then continued talking to jada saying "sorry puppy. I didn't mean to get you in trouble, I know I shouldn't be talking to you because you're working."

What do/would you guys do in this situation? Since this happens every time I go to work with my mother. 


Abigail Bolling
"Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music play." (Julie Anderson Diamond) _______________________________________________
nagdu mailing list
nagdu at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/dlewis%40clovernook.org

--
This email was Virus checked by UTM 9. http://www.sophos.com

-- 
This email was Virus checked by UTM 9. http://www.sophos.com

Sent from the Clovernook email system