[nagdu] Dog in class

[Marianne Denning]

Why don't you just move your dog to the other side of you?

On 1/22/15, Bridget Walker via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Typically I would agree with most of you. These dogs are professionals and
> need to act like it. However, I can not see what the other dog does which is
> taking away from my learning experience. The only problem I had with Paulson
> was minor sniffing. I repositioned his head and I had no problem.
> I really hate to blame the other dog but,nThe other dog is my problem. He
> growled once and kept getting up. Paulson did not get up but crowded forward
> slightly at one point. I made him spin so his tail was to the dog. I put my
> foot near his hind quarters to keep track of where he was. He fell asleep
> from that point.
> The two dogs know each other and I do not want them playing. They have work
> to do.
> My problem is really not the doc as much as it is what the handler does with
> it.
> I was told I could talk to the professor about moving but the only place for
> me to move goes against my accommodations.
> I tried to talk to the student but she seems to think this a game of who has
> the better dog.  I just want to come to a common ground not fight. I think
> it is immature and I want to do the right thing.
>
> Bridget
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 22, 27 Heisei, at 5:18 PM, Raven Tolliver via nagdu
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Rebecca, it's possible. My dog has definitely been the instigator.
>> Regardless, it still stands that she should do as much as she can to
>> keep her dog under control. So whether it's the other dog or not, all
>> she can do is mind her own dog. Also, it isn't unreasonable for her to
>> ask the other person to work with her on resolving the issue, and it
>> is still too bad that this woman is being inconsiderate.
>>
>>> On 1/22/15, Tami Jarvis via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Bridget,
>>>
>>> Hm... Is there a reason the other person can't take a different seat?
>>>
>>> I tend to agree with you. In a perfect world, the dogs would be perfect.
>>> Obviously, they are not, and it is a distraction to all. It seems the
>>> simplest solution would be the best. Sometimes dogs ping off of each
>>> other for whatever reason.
>>>
>>> Another option might be to get the dogs together after class to get
>>> acquainted and used to each other and to do a little training in having
>>> them be quiet together in the same space. If the other handler is
>>> standing on idealism instead of reality, however, that might not be
>>> workable. Hm...
>>>
>>> Hope you can work something out.
>>>
>>> Tami
>>>
>>>> On 01/22/2015 12:15 PM, Bridget Walker via nagdu wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone
>>>> The topic says it all.
>>>> I am at war with a student who has a dog in one of my classes.
>>>> I have preferential seating because I have light sensitivity. I can not
>>>> sit near the window because it triggers migraines which I can sum up as
>>>> death.
>>>> I contacted the other student with the other dog in class who sits on a
>>>> diagonal across from me one desk back asking if she would be willing to
>>>> move. She could move one row and that would be great.
>>>> Having two dogs next to each other is distracting to both the dogs,
>>>> both
>>>> of us, and the whole class. I don't think it's right to have them
>>>> testing
>>>> each other all the time either. She says I should just expect the dogs
>>>> to
>>>> be good they are trained. They are also dogs we are taunting them day
>>>> in
>>>> and day out forcing them to sit next to each other.
>>>> What do you all think. She refuses to move and I can not. I would
>>>> change
>>>> my desk in a second if I could find one in the center of the room
>>>> somewhere.
>>>>  I tried to reason with her and we almost got in to an argument but, I
>>>> refuse to fight. I need to do what is right for my dog.
>>>> Bridget
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
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>> --
>> Raven
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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