[NAGDU] Loose Dog

Ricky Joe Cook rickyjoecook at comcast.net
Wed Nov 22 05:20:52 UTC 2017


Rachel, I would have called the police and said that you were blind and you 
had a dog bothering you and your guide dog and that you were stranded 
because you couldn't safely work your dog because the other dog wouldn't go 
away and that it was trying to mount your dog. They may have been able to 
come and get the dog away from you long enough for you to continue on your 
way. Plus they might have been able to find out who the dog belonged to and 
have given them a ticket for having a dog off leash if that applys where you 
live.

Just a thought.

Ricky Joe Cook & Darcy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Rachel Grider via NAGDU
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 7:22 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: Rachel Grider
Subject: [NAGDU] Loose Dog

Hi, Guys:

I hope you and your dogs are doing well.

Demi and I had a somewhat scary and annoying experience
yesterday.  As we were walking only about a block away from my
house, a loose pit bull came charging up to us.  Luckily, he
wasn't aggressive, but he literally would not leave Demi alone;
he kept trying to mount her, and, though I did everything to try
and get him to leave us alone, he kept following us.  I would
shoo him away, and he would back off for a second, allowing Demi
and I to resume our progress, but then Demi would literally stop
and turn around while in harness because her little buddy would
be trying to mount her again.  No amount of correcting Demi or
shooing him would get him to leave.  Demi actually gave him a
couple unfriendly barks, which is something I have never heard
her do, but it didn't phase him.

We continued like this for another block before I decided that it
was just too unsafe to do it anymore, so I called animal control.
To make a long story short, a couple ladies saw me having trouble
with the dog, got a leash, and put him in their yard to wait for
animal control to pick him up.  Apparently, it took three hours
for someone to come, and if it hadn't been for these ladies, I
don't know what I would have done, as the whole episode almost
made me late for work as it was, and I would not have been able
to wait that long.

So my question to you guys is: What have you done in a situation
where a dog with no owner around continually interferes with your
dog's work no matter what you do? I will also mention that I even
tried giving him commands like "sit" and "down," but he didn't
seem to understand; after I had determined that he really was
friendly, I found that I could get him to chill by petting his
head, but as soon as I would stop, he would go right back to
messing with Demi.  I suppose I should have had my cane with me,
which is something I try to do anyway, but I will make a point to
have one in my backpack all the time from now on.  Even if I had
been able to get away from him, I would not have wanted to just
leave him to possibly get hit by a car or to bother other people.

Anyway, I appreciate any thoughts you may have.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Rachel

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