[nagdu] Poodles and other Cute Breeds

Larry D Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Mon Oct 27 19:55:01 UTC 2014


Wow!! Glad I didn't run into her! I'd be tempted to go off!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vivianna via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "Darla" <djrogers0628 at gmail.com>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the National 
Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Poodles and other Cute Breeds


i have run into this same woman at the NFB national convention.
she had that dog on the end of the leash and didn’t even use the harness. 
it is very misbehaved.  it’s not just sniffing around, it is trying to mount 
the other dogs.  when i asked her to please keep her dog away from mine her 
response was; oh, he’s ok, he’s just young.
every single person that i have said anything to about their dog has brushed 
it off and done absolutely nothing.
they don’t care that their dogs are not under control.
i really have no idea why this particular woman even has a dog as, she is 
most certainly not using it.
and, yes, she does have a poodle for attention.
not only is the dog completely misbehaved but, she has a bunch of really 
loud bells on it as well.  for what, i have no idea, other than to draw 
attention to herself.  you can hear those things from a long distance.  lol.
i think that, no matter what we say, some folks just won’t make their dogs 
behave as they should.  in these cases, yes, i do wish that they would be 
confronted by the owners of the restaurant or, whatever, and asked to either 
get the dog under control or leave.
i’m all for it.  heh.

big mean
Vivianna
]
On Oct 27, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Darla via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Actually, just so everyone is on the same page, this is, at least, her
> second job; she has good travel vision.  In my experience, some of these
> handlers don't manage their dogs that well beceause they simply do not
> really "use the dog.  It is more of an attention-getter all round, but if
> you are legally blind, most schools will give you a dog, but I wish there
> was a way to determine that people with good travel vision will really 
> allow
> their dogs to do the jobs for which they were trained.  If you don't want 
> to
> have to manage your dog, now and again, then a person probably ought not
> have a dog.
>
> This dog is only a little over three, and I think he was about 18 months
> when she got him.
>
> Anyway, I'll give a new handler a lot of latitude and help, but this woman
> was well-aware of her dog because she would pull him back when I told her
> the dog was on top of my dog who was lying there trying to be good.  I
> couldn't get him under the chairs at this venue.
> Darla & Handsome Huck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie via
> nagdu
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 10:53 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> (nagdu at nfbnet.org)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Poodles and other Cute Breeds
>
> Last week, Jenny - a black Lab - had a very bad day and was insanely
> over-distracted by my friend's guide dog. I had to basically physically
> restrain her while we were waiting outside to get into a gym we had 
> rented.
> I was so embarrassed, but I honestly didn't know what else to do.
> Thankfully, even the next day, she completely ignored the exact same guide
> dog, and ignored every single other dog we came in contact with for the 
> next
> week.
>
> This having been said, I honestly think that more needs to be done to make
> sure that dogs behave, but if the dog is just having a very VERY bad day, 
> a
> little grace might be an order if every effort has been made to make sure
> the dog is behaving and is, at the very least, under control.
>
> Daryl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vivianna via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:44:40 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Poodles and other Cute Breeds
>
> Hi,
> sadly, i fear you are correct.  i know of 3 folks with poodles and they 
> are
> all handled very poorly.
> yes, they are intelligent dogs and can be good guides but, not with such
> poor management.
> just brings me back to the topic i brought up last week about what to do 
> if
> i see someone whose dog is acting in an inappropriate manner for a guide
> dog.
> technically, the public place that you were in could have asked her to 
> leave
> as, her dog was out of control and bothering others.
>
> Vivianna
>
> On Oct 27, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Darla via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> This may not be the correct subject line, so feel free to change it,
>> if appropriate.
>>
>>
>>
>> I was at a meeting Saturday where there were probably 7 guide dogs; I
>> sat at a table with someone I know who has a poodle.  Rather than
>> making it lie quietly it was at the end of its leash constantly
>> bothering my dog and every other dog it could get to.  All the handler
>> did was scold and pull the dog back-no leash correction; no other
>> command to give the dog something else to do.  I guess the subject line
> should read "dog management."
>>
>>
>>
>> This handler has also had, at least one dog, before this poodle, but
>> I'm wondering if people are getting poodles more for the cuteness
>> factor than the great working dogs they are knowing people with
>> allergies who need a less allergy-producing dog are waiting for one.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure if there is a question here or not except to say that
>> this kind of behavior really honks me off, especially when the handler
>> really isn't making an effort to do anything about it.  Guess next
>> time I will move to a table where she'd have to crowd in to fit, but I
>> don't understand people getting a dog and allowing it to act like a wild
> thing or something.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I do approach her-whether or not she likes me afterword is
>> immaterial-what have you all found that works.
>>
>>
>>
>> When I see  people handle dogs like she does, it makes me wish the
>> schools
>> **did** have more to day, but we need to police ourselves, and I want
>> it to stay that way.
>>
>>
>>
>> I should think, if I had a dog that really drew a lot of attention,
>> I'd try even harder to keep the dog close to me and under control and
>> as unobtrusive as possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry for my grump session, but Huck really tried so hard to be good.
>> The handler closest to me also had a dog; if you didn't' possibly see
>> her, you'd have never known her dog was there, and she and I have had
>> lunch with the two dogs nose to nose under the table, and nobody knew 
>> they
> were even there.
>>
>> Darla & Handsome Huck Who really does try to be good most of the time
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Darla J. Rogers M.S.
>>
>>
>>
>> Djrogers0628 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
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