[nagdu] Some people aren't very bright ... :)

Tue Oct 7 01:56:35 UTC 2014

On 10/6/14, Dudley Hanks via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> It's amazing how much some folks can get away with when they are viewed as
> "go getters" in the community, but with just a hint of mischievousness.
>
> As for revenge, I try to live and let live, but that doesn't mean I don't
> communicate my displeasure when needed.
>
> I simply unfriended this person from Facebook, and explained loudly to the
> committee that I would not be taking my Guide to future meetings because I
> can't rely on everyone present to act maturely.
>
> I'd like to say that that was sufficient public shaming to teach this
> individual a small lesson, but I never received an apology, and the person
> still gets her chuckles by doing disruptive things during meetings,
> although
> not usually directed at myself.
>
> Take Care,
> Dudley, with Michener
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Emily Michael
> via
> nagdu
> Sent: October-06-14 7:11 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some people aren't very bright ... :)
>
> I can't believe people, would act so discourteously toward a working guide
> dog. Wait, I can, but I don't want to believe it.
>
> Regarding Dudley's situation, I'm surprised no one at that meeting called
> out the spitball-flicker. I'd find a way to shame that person in front of
> everyone.
> ---
> Emily K. Michael
> emily.k.michael at gmail.com
> Blog: http://areyouseeingthis.wordpress.com/
>
> "Nowhere, Love, will world exist but within."
> - Rainer Maria Rilke
>
> On Oct 6, 2014, at 9:04 PM, Larry D Keeler via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a guy I used to pass. I pass his store all the time but never
> had occassion to go in. For about a month he'd see Holly and I go by and
> toss poppers out at us. Finally I began exposing the bird and cussing at
> him. He finally stopped when I pulled out my phone and pretended to be
> talking to the police. Folks just seem to be looking for cheap
> entertainment.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dudley Hanks via nagdu"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "'Mark J. Cadigan'" <kramc11 at gmail.com>; "'NAGDU Mailing List,the
> National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 8:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some people aren't very bright ... :)
>>
>>
>> Yes, I totally agree.
>>
>> Reading your post, my thoughts turned to a person I've had trouble with
>> in
>> the past.  This person didn't throw food at my Guide, but would wad up
>> spitballs and flick them at my Guide's face during meetings.  I don't
>> have
>> enough sight to know what was going on, so I'd end up getting after my
> guide
>> for fidgeting around as he'd take swipes at the spitballs stuck to his
> face,
>> or try to maneuver himself so he'd be out of range.
>>
>> It was only after a few meetings that another participant came up to me
> and
>> told me what was happening.
>>
>> Needless to say, I was annoyed, and told the person I wish I'd been told
>> that info while the prank was taking place.  But, more to the point, I
>> haven't taken my guide to any additional meetings where that person is
>> present.
>>
>> What really makes the situation perplexing is that the person isn't an
>> intellectually-limited  individual, but a professional staff member of a
>> local university.
>>
>> As to your questions, yes, you can train your Guide to ignore food that
>> is
>> not offered to it in any other manner than in your Guides food bowl, just
> do
>> lots of food drills in a variety of settings.
>>
>> As for medicine for upset stomach, check with your vet.  I'm sure he or
> she
>> can recommend a product that will work.
>>
>> Although, I will say that I've had a couple of Guides with touchy
>> tummies,
>> and I've had good luck with Pepto-bismol in liquid form.  I found the
> pills
>> didn't do much for my Guides, but a tablespoon or two of the liquid
>> helped
>> for most things other than viral infections.
>>
>> Good Luck!
>> Dudley, with Michener
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark J.
>> Cadigan
>> via nagdu
>> Sent: October-06-14 11:35 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Some people are assholes
>>
>> Some people are [bleeped[ . today; I was sitting on a bench making a
>> phone
>> call. And there was another student on an adjacent bench eating a sub. My
>> dog was just lying by my feet not even looking at the other student, and
>> when the student was finished with his sub, without even asking, he threw
>> his leftover sub at my dog. Naturally, my dog seeing food flying at his
>> face, opened those big jaws of his, and swallowed it. My problem is that
> the
>>
>> student was so inconsiderate to do that in the first place, and secondly
>> that grain makes my dog have the runs. Additionally, it was a meatball
> sub,
>> and tomatoes are bad for dogs.
>>
>>
>>
>> What I am doing besides venting is asking what if anything I can do to
>> lessen the inevitable stomach upset, and should I be concerned by the
> amount
>>
>> of tomatoes contained in 1/2 of a sub. Also, is it possible to teach a dog
> not
>>
>> to accept food in that circumstance?
>>
>>
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These stories remind me of the time someone barked at my dog and felt
so proud when my dog barely glanced at him. Or the time when someone
walked directly into my dog because I obviously wouldn't notice. I'd
like to think nothing surprises me anymore but sometimes, or rather
most of the time, I question people's thought processes.

Danielle and Thai, who thinks humans should be as well trained as guide dogs