[nagdu] how much is too much?

[L Gwizdak]

Julie, I'm surprised that the restaurant staff didn't tell the owner of the 
offending dog to take it ouotside or move.

I wouldn't have said anything to the dog owner - not my place.  But I would 
have said something to the staffmember when I paid for my meal.  I would 
have told tghem that therapy dogs didn't have access rights and that the 
dog's behavior was inappropriate and left it at that.

Lyn and Landon
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" 
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Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:04 AM
Subject: [nagdu] how much is too much?


>I had an interesting thing happen when eating in a restaurant Friday night.
>
> The place was busy so we had to wait a bit for our table.  When a table 
> came available, the hostess came over and let us know that our table was 
> ready, but that there was a therapy dog in training at the next table. 
> She wanted it to be very clear that the dog was in training.  She asked if 
> that would be a problem for our dogs.  I was in a small group that 
> included another guide dog user.  We both said that our dogs would be fine 
> with another dog at the next table.  They wouldn’t react or be upset or 
> cause a disturbance of any variety.   We let her know that it wasn’t a 
> problem as long as the lady with the dog in training was willing and able 
> to manage her dog appropriately.
>
> We get to the table and get seated.  the lady with the dog in training 
> said hello and made some other polite conversation.  Then her dog started 
> in barking, growling and shuffling around under her table.  At first she 
> talked to the dog, later she did correct.  She did apologize, saying that 
> he’s only 12 months old and you can’t start training until then, so the 
> dog is new to all of this.  She also said that normally he is very good 
> around other dogs.  The barking and growling went on for probably half an 
> hour, until she finished her dinner and left.  It wasn’t continuous all 
> that time, but was consistently occurring every few minutes.
>
> Neither of  our two guides did anything inappropriate.  They were both 
> lying under the table quietly minding their own business.
>
> So what would you have done?
> Should we have asked for a different table? we would have had to wait 
> longer
> should we have asked her to take the dog out?
> should we have asked the restaurant staff to speak to her or ask her to 
> take the dog out?
> Was she taking care of the situation appropriately?
> Should she have left earlier?
> How much is too much?
>
> Very curiously,
> Julie
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