[nagdu] Krokus's vet visit, or, what a disgrace

[Marianne Denning]

The general public thinks our dogs are perfect, and most of the time
they do an excellent job.  They are entitled to a bad day every once
in awhile, just like we are.  I have also had days when my dog gave me
the right information and I totally ignored the dog.

On 5/31/15, Sheila Leigland via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> what they won't try can bee interesting. Yesterday, we went out to lunch
> and our dogs chose to be barky and we don't know exactly why. They don't
> usually bark in harnesss. I don't like it when they mess up.
>
> On 5/29/2015 11:24 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
>> Krokus has a small lump on his neck I wanted to have checked out, and I
>> decided to try a new vet who's much closer than our usual, though the
>> hours
>> aren't as good.  The lump is a sebaceous cyst, which is what I thought.
>> Probably not a problem at all.
>>
>> Krokus was ridiculous, though.  When we came out of the consulting room,
>> he
>> made a little move so he could stick his nose in the receptionist's lunch
>> bag, though he didn't get any.  Then when I was standing on the other
>> side
>> of the desk waiting to hear how much it would be, he knocked over a stand
>> with some pamphlets on it.  Well, pamphlets and dog cookies, so he knew
>> what
>> he was after.  Then the tech gave him a cookie before I could stop her.
>> Then he started going down a hallway, instead of turning to go out the
>> door,
>> though, to be fair, I didn't know where it was to give him any better
>> direction than Outside.  When we found the door, the receptionist says
>> "So
>> he's not a service dog."  Huh.  He is a service dog, but on that visit he
>> was a disgrace to his uniform. My husband and I both said he is a service
>> dog, then she asked where he was trained, and my husband said "The Seeing
>> Eye."  I was tempted to say he was from somewhere else.
>>
>>
>>
>> Happily, we were able to take a long walk home, and stretching his long
>> legs
>> out in a new area has settled the mad puppy considerably. Now I'm back at
>> work, and he's flopped down by the fan.  Whew.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nagdu mailing list
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> nagdu:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/sheila.leigland%40gmail.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/marianne%40denningweb.com
>


-- 
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053