[nagdu] Krokus's vet visit, or, what a disgrace

[Danielle Sykora]

What Debby said about not wanting to claim your dog when they're being
obnoxious is so true! I've pretty much accepted there are certain
situations which trigger bad behavior in my dog. It can be really
frustrating but no one is perfect and there are many things my dog
does very well that makes up for it. I find that the general public
either expects my dog to be 100% perfect all the time or act
completely surprised when he actually does his job and makes excuses
when he doesn't.

Danielle and Thai

On 5/31/15, Marianne Denning via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> The general public thinks our dogs are perfect, and most of the time
> they do an excellent job.  They are entitled to a bad day every once
> in awhile, just like we are.  I have also had days when my dog gave me
> the right information and I totally ignored the dog.
>
> On 5/31/15, Sheila Leigland via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> what they won't try can bee interesting. Yesterday, we went out to lunch
>> and our dogs chose to be barky and we don't know exactly why. They don't
>> usually bark in harnesss. I don't like it when they mess up.
>>
>> On 5/29/2015 11:24 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
>>> Krokus has a small lump on his neck I wanted to have checked out, and I
>>> decided to try a new vet who's much closer than our usual, though the
>>> hours
>>> aren't as good.  The lump is a sebaceous cyst, which is what I thought.
>>> Probably not a problem at all.
>>>
>>> Krokus was ridiculous, though.  When we came out of the consulting room,
>>> he
>>> made a little move so he could stick his nose in the receptionist's
>>> lunch
>>> bag, though he didn't get any.  Then when I was standing on the other
>>> side
>>> of the desk waiting to hear how much it would be, he knocked over a
>>> stand
>>> with some pamphlets on it.  Well, pamphlets and dog cookies, so he knew
>>> what
>>> he was after.  Then the tech gave him a cookie before I could stop her.
>>> Then he started going down a hallway, instead of turning to go out the
>>> door,
>>> though, to be fair, I didn't know where it was to give him any better
>>> direction than Outside.  When we found the door, the receptionist says
>>> "So
>>> he's not a service dog."  Huh.  He is a service dog, but on that visit
>>> he
>>> was a disgrace to his uniform. My husband and I both said he is a
>>> service
>>> dog, then she asked where he was trained, and my husband said "The
>>> Seeing
>>> Eye."  I was tempted to say he was from somewhere else.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Happily, we were able to take a long walk home, and stretching his long
>>> legs
>>> out in a new area has settled the mad puppy considerably. Now I'm back
>>> at
>>> work, and he's flopped down by the fan.  Whew.
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
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