[NAGDU] Off leash dogs! What can I do?

Danielle Ledet singingmywayin at gmail.com
Sun Oct 21 02:15:05 UTC 2018


Tara, congrats on your new dog.

On 10/20/18, Sandra Johnson via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Tara:
>
> First, congratulations on your new dog.  She sounds like a great match for
> you and your family.
>
> Loose dogs are definitely a problem.  I face it every day too.  I live in a
> senior housing development made up of 74 duplex houses with front and back
> yards.  Even though the property management constantly sends out reminders
> that all dogs must be kept on leash a lot of residents ignore the rules.
> When I have discussed this problem with management explaining how the loose
> dogs can distract my guide from doing her work the manager says there isn't
> anything she can do other than not to renew their lease when it runs out.
> Her only other suggestion is for me to report it to the police.  The problem
> with that is that the police want to know what house it is and what the dog
> looks like.  I tell them I cannot know that because I am blind so they say
> there is nothing they can do.  It is very frustrating.  I get mad when I
> come across the loose dog and all their owners do is call to their dog from
> their patio without getting up and actually coming out to the sidewalk to
> get their dog.  Some tenants do have their dogs on a leash but it is so long
> that the dog can still reach the sidewalks.  The sighted people can see
> their dogs interfering with my guide dog and they still sit on their lazy
> behinds doing nothing to control their dogs.  I have also encountered other
> residents walking their dogs on a leash.  Their dog will bark and growl at
> my dog and the people do not do anything to correct and control their dog.
> Some people say their dog just wants to say hi and play with my dog.  I
> explain to the dumb person that it is obvious by Eva's harness that she is a
> guide dog so is not out to play and make friends with their dogs.  It is
> amazing how stupid some sighted people are.  I recently encountered a couple
> of fake service dogs in a store that also attempted to distract Eva from her
> work.  When I pointed it out to the store manager he said he had to let them
> in because the dogs were service dogs.  I gave him a copy of the DOJ
> definition of a service dog and emphasized the point that if the dogs are
> creating a disturbance he had the right to ask that they be removed from the
> property.  He told me he is afraid to say anything because he has been
> threatened with law suits if he does not let them in.  It is very
> frustrating that we have to deal with out of control dogs everywhere we go.
> I wish I had some answers for you but from my experience there is not much
> we can do.
>
> Tara, good luck with your new dog and I hope the loose dog problem gets
> better in your neighborhood.
>
> Sandra and Eva
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tara Briggs via NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 6:40 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Tara Briggs
> Subject: [NAGDU] Off leash dogs! What can I do?
>
> Hey all! Do any of you have advice about off leash dogs and what to do about
> it? In the past two days I have encountered three off leash dogs. I live in
> a condo complex and there are people around here that aren’t very
> responsible.   I have sent an email
>
> To the property managers of my condo complex asking them to remind tenants
> that it is by regulation of the  complex and by law they have to keep the
> dogs on leash. Today my mom and I went over to a local farmers market. This
> farmers market is it a playground and we decided we would take my girls over
> to the playground to play. Somebody thought it would be cute to let their
> family dog just run around off leash with the kids. Fortunately this dog was
> friendly and like the two off leash dogs at my complex. Still it was
> distracting to my seeing-eye dog.  I have to confess I don’t envy the owner
> of the dog because my mom is able to see and went over to the owner and gave
> her hell. The owner immediately put her dog unleash. Is there anything that
> any of you have found it is effective? My current guide and I have been home
> from the Seeing AI for two weeks on Monday. She’s a black lab named
> prudence. She is two years old. She’s very sweet and very smart. The thing
> that is the most hopeful about her is she is able to guide me while I am
> pulling a wagon with my kids in it behind us. My previous guide was older
> when I had my kids and she was never able to figure how to do that. This
> certainly has opened up a lot of  Independence for me! But I have to say
> it’s
> pretty scary when I’m walking down the sidewalk and all the sudden we are
> being growled at. I can hear the owner calling their dog but the dog is not
> paying any attention to the owner and is far more interested in  growling at
> us. Fortunately, I have not experienced a dog attacked. But the thought of
> that happening is pretty darn terrifying!
> Tara
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