[nagdu] Some people aren't very bright ... :)

[Dudley Hanks]

Yes, I totally agree.

Reading your post, my thoughts turned to a person I've had trouble with in
the past.  This person didn't throw food at my Guide, but would wad up
spitballs and flick them at my Guide's face during meetings.  I don't have
enough sight to know what was going on, so I'd end up getting after my guide
for fidgeting around as he'd take swipes at the spitballs stuck to his face,
or try to maneuver himself so he'd be out of range.

It was only after a few meetings that another participant came up to me and
told me what was happening.

Needless to say, I was annoyed, and told the person I wish I'd been told
that info while the prank was taking place.  But, more to the point, I
haven't taken my guide to any additional meetings where that person is
present.

What really makes the situation perplexing is that the person isn't an
intellectually-limited  individual, but a professional staff member of a
local university.

As to your questions, yes, you can train your Guide to ignore food that is
not offered to it in any other manner than in your Guides food bowl, just do
lots of food drills in a variety of settings.

As for medicine for upset stomach, check with your vet.  I'm sure he or she
can recommend a product that will work.

Although, I will say that I've had a couple of Guides with touchy tummies,
and I've had good luck with Pepto-bismol in liquid form.  I found the pills
didn't do much for my Guides, but a tablespoon or two of the liquid helped
for most things other than viral infections.

Good Luck!
Dudley, with Michener

 


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark J. Cadigan
via nagdu
Sent: October-06-14 11:35 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Some people are assholes

Some people are [bleeped[ . today; I was sitting on a bench making a phone 
call. And there was another student on an adjacent bench eating a sub. My 
dog was just lying by my feet not even looking at the other student, and 
when the student was finished with his sub, without even asking, he threw 
his leftover sub at my dog. Naturally, my dog seeing food flying at his 
face, opened those big jaws of his, and swallowed it. My problem is that the

student was so inconsiderate to do that in the first place, and secondly 
that grain makes my dog have the runs. Additionally, it was a meatball sub, 
and tomatoes are bad for dogs.



What I am doing besides venting is asking what if anything I can do to 
lessen the inevitable stomach upset, and should I be concerned by the amount

of tomatoes contained in ½ of a sub. Also, is it possible to teach a dog not

to accept food in that circumstance?


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