[nagdu] Comments

[Nicole Torcolini]

JMHO, this can go both ways. If it is someone who I think knows nothing about guide dogs, much less blindness, then, yes, it does bother me. However, if it is someone who I know and who I know understands what Lexia does, it does not bother me. Our dogs do, in a way, care for us. They love us, and they want to help us.

Nicole

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa via nagdu
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 7:53 AM
To: Jody Ianuzzi; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Comments

Hello Jody,

I definitely can relate to the situation you described when people tell your dog to take care of you. I hate that. Of course I know they don't want to be rude or stupid. They just want to say something nice, I guess. But it's just going on my nerves. Well, I'm a very new guide dog owner but already fed up with people's comments. The other day I walked across the train station and a woman said loud and clear: "He takes care of her. Otherwise she wouldn't get along." That was just so annoying. She didn't talk to me but to someone who was with her and I was only walking by so I couldn't really stop and explain how it works. But I have a feeling that most people seem to think blind folks only grab the handle and follow their dogs without doing anything.

greetings from Germany
Lisa


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jody Ianuzzi via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 4:34 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Comments


> My guide dog is an owner trained white shepherd named Walker. He is 80 
> pounds and 27 inches tall.
>
> I have also been told he is as big as a horse but my favorite comment is 
> when people ask if he is a wolf
>
> The comment I hate the most is when people tell my dog to "take care of 
> your mommy."   I usually answer "his mommy takes very good care of him and 
> taught him everything he knows."    Come to think of it I said the same 
> thing when my children were growing up.
>
> JODY 🐺
>
> "Life begins where your comfort zone ends."
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