[nagdu] Changing my petting policy

Wesley. k_wesley_jarboe at yahoo.com
Sun May 4 21:31:19 UTC 2014 

The people who get on my nerves are the ones who try to go around me to start petting Spike again after have informed them that he is working and moved myself in between him and them. Some people even say "what does that mean" after I tell them that he is working as they're continuing to try to pet him. 

Really? 

What part of "my dog" don't they understand? 


Wesley. 

-------- Original message --------
From: rhonda cruz <rhondaprincess at gmail.com> 
Date:05/04/2014  10:10 AM  (GMT-07:00) 
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Changing my petting policy 

hi mya. gets worryed. when i am not with her.
and she knows her work. and is vary smart.
too.
she doesn't like that many people. but she has her favorites. though.


On May 2, 2014, at 7:59 PM, Darla Rogers wrote:

> Oh Nicole; I do believe our dogs have abilities beyond our understanding; if
> you believe in animal psychics; I met one once, and I didn't think she
> "keyed" me in any way but said my dog loved my work and missed a friend of
> mine who drove a convertible.  I had to think for a minute before I realized
> who she was talking about; that friend and I lost touch, and I am still a
> bit sad today about that.
> Darla & Happy Hardworking Huck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 9:26 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Changing my petting policy
> 
> Oh, yes. The dogs definitely know that this is not a game. There is actually
> a theory  that some of the dogs get paired but then end up not going home
> with the person because the dog realizes that it is not a game during class
> and decides that it is just too much to handle.
> Our dogs love their jobs, or at least mine does. If I go somewhere without
> Lexia, she is unhappy. She doesn't work because she has to; she works
> because she wants to. I also believe that she knows ... Well ... Something.
> That I'm blind? Maybe. I don't know. But she does things, even out of
> harness, that I think that she would not do for a sighted person.
> 
> Nicole and Lexia
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:06 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Changing my petting policy
> 
> Aleeha, you left out the best bit of a guide dog's life--he gets to go
> everywhere with his person.  He's almost never left home alone for hours, as
> many pets are.
> And, perhaps because our dogs have been bred to work, I think many of them
> have an idea that what they do really makes a difference to their person,
> and that matters to them.  I think, though I'm not sure, that sometime
> during class, the dog realizes that this is not the fun game he played with
> his trainer; now it really matters, and this person really needs his skills.
> Tracy
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aleeha Dudley" <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Changing my petting policy
> 
> 
>> I live in a college town and am currently a student, so I get a lot of  
>> pettin requests, and a lot of petting without request. Dallas is very  
>> solicitous and I'm told he has extremely expressive eyes. I've had  
>> everything from a drive-by, or walk-by, petting, where this girl  
>> literally touched me dog while we were walking past each other in  
>> opposite directions. I've had people make kissy noises at my dog in  
>> buildings and in the street, which has almost cost me. I've had people  
>> blatantly contradict me when I say my dog is working. And evidently  
>> there is a rumor going around campus that I abuse my dog because I  
>> correct him firmly when he's being a jerk. I had one girl say: "I feel  
>> so bad for him. He never gets a break and has to work all the time."
>> Really? He's got the best life a dog could ask for: exercise, food, a  
>> healthy weight, and a ton of love.
>> [Aleeha and the snoozing, non-working Dallas
>> 
>> On 5/2/14, Karyn & Thane <bcpaws4me at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Like Mardi I am cursed with a dog who once he gets petted, he will 
>>> seek out
>>> 
>>> attention. He is far from the typical Border Collie that way.
>>> In the past, if someone petted my dog, that meant I could get sick 
>>> from whatever was on their hands transferred in the process. I will 
>>> say it was
> 
>>> a
>>> 
>>> lot easier to get people to use common decency/ sense with that 
>>> aspect than
>>> 
>>> it is to explain why they should completely ignore my dog.
>>> The other day we were waiting for a bus in the sun. A bus driver on 
>>> break just had to make me seem like I was not taking proper care of 
>>> my dog because
>>> 
>>> we were in the sun. She then starts talking to him! I was floored. 
>>> What does
>>> 
>>> that say if a bus driver doesn't get that talking to a dog is as bad 
>>> as petting it. She even went on to say I know we can not pet SDs but 
>>> talking
> 
>>> is
>>> 
>>> OK. I set her straight on that one. I was so relieved when she 
>>> finally
>>> left-- good grief!
>>> I have never encouraged anyone to pet my dog whether he is actively 
>>> doing
> 
>>> a
>>> 
>>> job or not or for that matter a job that others can see (MCS alerts 
>>> were not
>>> 
>>> obvious to others, but were to me).
>>> I want my dogs focused on me. Met was a cross between BC and GSD and 
>>> standoffish when it came to be petted by anyone but family and a 
>>> couple friends I had since I got him. Thane is a people magnet. 
>>> Sometimes I have thought he would have made a better therapy dog LOL 
>>> Even though I no longer have MCS, I still do not say yes if someone 
>>> asks to
>>> 
>>> pet him.
>>> Like Mardi, noone gets that I am blind unless I say so for the most part.
> 
>>> I
>>> 
>>> got one of those nifty signs that says *Ignore me I am a working 
>>> guide
>>> dog*
>>> 
>>> and his harness says guide dog, but in this day and age more times 
>>> than not
>>> 
>>> I feel like the public is more blind than I am LOL Every once in a 
>>> while I will get a bus driver who sees his sign and gives me some 
>>> insights that I need. I feel like I need a little recording device 
>>> that I can push a button
>>> 
>>> and have it speak that I am blind. Somehow people can get the deaf 
>>> part pretty easily but the blind part just --- *You don't look blind* 
>>> or *you dont act blind* is common until someone pets and I am guided 
>>> right their way
>>> 
>>> in the process. People dont do the fly by pets much any more with me 
>>> after they see the consequences to either Thane's feet or their own 
>>> with my wheels, but the petting while we are on transit or waiting 
>>> for it is still pretty common since I went mask free.
>>> 
>>> Karyn
>>> 
>>> 
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