[NAGDU] Haircuts

[Dan Weiner]

always fun when people yell at you, apparently the whole situation makes 
them either nervous or hostile or insecure somehow and they need to 
speak in a rasided voice. Glad you and your dog did great.



On 10/10/2017 1:30 PM, Andy B. via NAGDU wrote:
> When we went to Walmart yesterday, he had to deal with an employee yelling
> at us because we went the wrong way in the employee's mind. To my surprise,
> Alec handled the situation calmly and professionally by ignoring the yelling
> person. We calmly and steadily walked into the store and up to the service
> counter. In fact, Alec hit it dead on through the waiting line ropes. The
> past few times, he overshot it by a few feet. Millions of praises for that
> trip...:)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Becky
> Frankeberger via NAGDU
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 12:46 PM
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> Cc: Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Haircuts
>
> My second dog was worried about everything, so he jumped up every time
> people came near. We did obedience in the lobby of the apartment  building I
> was living in. One of the exercises we did was every person who came in I
> would jumped up to shake their hand and explain to them how they were
> helping me train my dog. When he lay still, lots of quiet praise. I did not
> want him to break the down rest. Everyone was eager to help me with
> training. A couple I asked to go back out as he got up and we tried it
> again. So, yes sometimes John Q Public with help with training.
>
> Becky and Jake
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andy B. via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2017 8:04 AM
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> Cc: Andy B. <sonfire11 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Haircuts
>
> How do you deal with his leash? Alec is excited and hyper active when new
> people come to visit. How do you keep him down while all this activity is
> going on around him?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, October 9, 2017 9:49 AM
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> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Haircuts
>
> When I get a haircut, Krokus lies by my feet.  I have to be careful to
> position him so he won't get hit if the hairdresser turns the chair.  Also,
> in his puppy days he would try to eat the hair that fell, but he's grown out
> of that, mostly.  Otherwise, it's the same as any other trip.
>
> I guess you don't know the story about Morris Frank and the first Seeing Eye
> dog.  He was in training, and he realized he needed a haircut.  He asked if
> someone could take him to the barber, because that was what he'd always done
> before, and the training director reminded him that now his dog would help
> him get to the barber; all he needed from them was directions.  And Morris
> realized he was free to do what he wanted, when he wanted, without waiting
> for someone to be free to help him.
> I know that moment myself.  I still rejoice in it, after all these years.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andy Borka via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2017 9:39 AM
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> Cc: Andy Borka
> Subject: [NAGDU] Haircuts
>
> Hi,
>
> How would I take Alec to get my hair cut, or would he stay home for that
> sort of trip?
>
>
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