[nagdu] The Requirement of a Harness

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Dar,

Yeah, it's tough when you don't know the pet or its owner, especially if you
have a social dog yourself. /smile/  Mitzi also discusses her opinions in
the matter, so then we end up discussing her discussing...  /lol/  For some
reason, the presence of another dog in the store just excites her all to
pieces.  So then I'm busy controlling her and "taking advantage of the
training opportunity" and just have to guess about what else is going on,
especially with the stranger and their dog, which I always imagine as very
big and very pushy, so I'm listening for that dog, which is not helpful when
it's actually some tiny white bit of fluff, as I find out later.  /lol/

As a rule, the dogs that come into Home Depot are well-behaved, experienced
shoppers.  Mitzi has finally decided (I think) that she doesn't need to
invite them to play from across the store, so that's a relief.  When my
guide dog is the rowdy, play barking one and the pets are behaving
themselves, that really upsets my notion of the order of things!  She does
seem to be maturing very nicely now she's 3, which helps.  I can't help
feeling, though, that I'm going to spend the rest of her career looking
forward to when she grows up next year!  Sound familiar.  /grin/

She does listen, though.  Reluctantly sometimes, but she does.

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of d m gina
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:39 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] The Requirement of a Harness

Hi there,
What happens here is this,
with my dog in harness, then folks know my dog truly is a service dog 
or guide dog as they know it.
they don't have to ask what the dog does.
this is important to me.
I am just pleased when the deacon said please keep your dog away from 
the guide dog.
the lady keeps her dog in wonderful control.
We don't need the dogs to have a concerned discussion.
I thanked him later for this.
I knew I could keep my dog in control, I didn't know the lady.

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