[nagdu] Sensing a Pattern- Needs Addressing

[Daniel]

Hey Jimmy,

This is the second time I am replying to this. The first time sounded too
preachy, so I am trying again.
I couldn't agree with you more!
I am so sorry you had a bad experience. I haven't been to a convention yet,
but I have heard a few things that have made me have a couple of second
thoughts.
If a dog attacked my girl, I would go ballistic. She is so sensitive and
sweet, I just couldn't imagine a dog hurting her in any way.
I am as protective of her as she is of me.
I agree completely with you that if your dog is not under control, then you
should not have that dog. I also believe if that dog is aggressive in any
way, it has no business being a service dog of any kind.
If there is an incident with a handler not having control of their dog, they
should be asked to leave. Then maybe people would think twice before they
bring their dogs to convention if they are not well behaved.

Daniel and Cass
Lakewood, Colorado




---Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jimmy
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 4:09 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Sensing a Pattern- Needs Addressing

Greetings my friends,
	 I  appreciate everyone's comments and input on this list. I have
learned vast amounts of information since I have joined, and this is due to
your experiences and concerns expressed . A trend  of comments I have taken
notice  of is the lack of control dog owners have  on  their own service
animals. It appears many have had bad experiences either at this convention
or prior ones. In Orlando this year, my first convention, I unfortunately
experienced a same scare. A friend of mine was staying a few rooms down from
me. So me and another friend of mine went for a visit. I had My dog with me.
We were in the hallway, not even up to the door yet, for we were lagging
behind. My friend opened the door and all of a sudden I hear two dogs
barking and viciously growling  coming at Shep and I; they proceeded to jump
him. One was a slightly larger shepherd that has had a history of aggression
issues. the other was a pitt . Both were service animals. Shep was obviously
shaken a little, but he showed no sign and worked wonderfully the rest of
the day. Of course, I had his back, I dropped Shep's harness and grabbed one
dogand pulled him off and then the other. As I had each dog in each hand and
was about   to teach them a little obediaence training of myone but finally
after about 20 seconds of chaos one of my friends and dog owner of the
uncontrolled  was finally able to call them in, him being limited himself in
a wheelchair. Point is this: If you have a service dog, you are responsible
for that dog- what it does, what it doesn't do. If your dog attacks another,
you are allowing your dogto potentially affect the future work of
another.Control your dog. If someone comes to your room or room,  put your
dog up or tie it down.  If you can't control- Don't open the door! SHow a
little common sense and courtesy for others;  that way it cannot leave the
room and be aggressive towards either a person or as in my case, there
happening to be a guide dog in the hallway.  Having a service animal is a
important  responsibility that we should take seriously, be respectful of
others and their dogs,maturely  and responsibly have control of your dog at
all times. If you cannot do this at all times, you should seriously consider
ceasing from using a dog as a means of mobility. You obviously cannot handle
it and it's not for you. It only takes one careless and scatter-brained
moment to cause injury to yourself, another dog, or another person. Service
animals are to be an asset, not an added hinderance reluctance to travel. I
am sure there are many on here  as well as at our schools in which we
received our dogs, that can give us good guidelines in avoiding such
occurances.

Sent from the Iphone of 
James Boehm
KustomCane
901-483-1515.
"don't be plain -Go Kustom Cane!"
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