[nagdu] Engaging distractors

[Debby Phillips]

Hi Trazy. It depends on the situation. I am usually like you. I just want to get past the situation. But if I am not in a hurry or something I might stop and explain. Well they just called lunch.   Debby and Nova 

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> On May 15, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Kaye Kipp via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I try to get past the distractor.  But sometimes if the distractor, (person)
> starts petting my dog, I have to engage to tell the person not to pet my
> dog.
> 
> What I really hate is when I'm trying to hop my dog up past a person and
> he/she says, "Oh, she's fine.  She just smells my dog," or something like
> that.  
> 
> Kaye
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> via nagdu
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 6:16 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: [nagdu] Engaging distractors
> 
> I usually don't try to engage with people who are distracting my dog.  I'm
> so concentrated on controlling my wild young beast and getting him back on
> track that I don't think of it, really.  I tend to treat human distractors
> like yapping dogs or scampering squirrels, I guess.
> 
> Last night, we ate at our local diner, and, as I was working Krokus through
> the tables, where he is very apt to be distracted by food, some guy we were
> passing was saying "Hi buddy!", more than once.  I told Krokus softly but
> sharply to hopp up, and moved him on past and out the door.  Then I wondered
> if I should have tried to engage the guy and explain to him why distracting
> my dog was a bad idea.
> 
> I wouldn't do it in New York City, probably, but my neighborhood here in
> Jersey isn't so fast-paced.
> 
> What do other people do?
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
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