[nagdu] offleash dogs

Fri May 8 02:41:13 UTC 2015

Hi Donna

I was so impressed how animal control handled the loose dog problem that I wrote a thank you letter to thank them for all they did. 

JODY 🐺
thunderwalker321 at gmail.com

"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."  DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)

> On May 7, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Applebutter Hill via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jody,
> Wow, you took the most proactive step imaginable. Congratulations. That's an 
> excellent plan of action.
> Donna & Hunter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jody Ianuzzi via 
> nagdu
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 12:02 PM
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> Cc: Jody Ianuzzi
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] offleash dogs
> 
> Before I got my first guy dog we lived in a large subdivision and many of the 
> neighbors dogs ran off leash. I called animal control and told him that I 
> would be getting a guide dog and then I was concerned about all the loose 
> dogs. They drove around the neighborhood for several weeks and apparently 
> people got the message because when I did get my guide dog I never had a 
> problem with loose dogs
> 
> JODY ??
> thunderwalker321 at gmail.com
> 
> "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes." 
> DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)
> 
>> On May 7, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Kerri Stovall via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,  I had a similar situation occur in my trailer park the other
>> day. I was heading out for a walk with Sadie, and just as I passed the
>> curve heading to the front of our park, a man and his dog were outside
>> and the dog came toward us, and being a small dog, I could still hear
>> the claws clicking as she came our way. The man was just standing
>> there calling her name, as if she would come to him, but obviously she
>> was not trained very well to come when called, lol. He called her
>> several times, and finally began heading toward her to get her, but
>> she ran from him. So, instead of helping by getting the dog, he just
>> turned to me and said, "Sorry ma'am, she ran away from me. You'll just
>> have to ignore her, but she won't bite! She's just an idiot dog!" I
>> said, "Well, actually she's also a distraction." He appologized again,
>> but that was not enough for me, because halfway to the mailbox she was
>> still following us, and I had to turn, stomp my feet, and raise my
>> voice just a little more than normal and she finally went home I
>> guess. If it happens again, I'm going to call the park manager and
>> make a very nice but firm complaint about it.  Do you know if there
>> may be anything your city or local animal society may be able to do
>> for you? That's the  only suggestion I have. Others may have more.
>> Kerri
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On May 7, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Danielle Sykora via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I posted not too long ago about my dog's reactivity toward other dogs.
>>> Although he is definitely improving, the problem has not entirely
>>> gone away. In the past few months, I have encountered many offleash
>>> dogs who were not under control, something I experienced only
>>> extremely rarely in previous years. Obviously, this is dangerous for
>>> not only my dog who has grown suspicious of offleash dogs, but the
>>> loose dogs themselves can be seriously injured. The owners of these
>>> dogs have reactions ranging from being oblivious that there dog is
>>> gone, watching their dog growl and show its teeth inches from my dogs
>>> face, to coming over and getting their animal.
>>> 
>>> I'm really not completely sure how to prevent this from happening.
>>> Obviously, I only have complete control of my own dog, but I would
>>> like to find a way to make these dog owners more responsible. I'm
>>> interested to see what others have done in similar situations.
>>> 
>>> Danielle and Thai
>>> 
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