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Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 14:24:07 GMT
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On 2004-05-14 said:
A guy I used to know in sOuth Dakota had his dog with him. HE
played acoustic guitar with some kind of pickup. HIs dog used to
wander around the club cadging munchies from regular customers
while his band did a set at this club where I met him.
Which is fine until some nitwit gives him a piece of chocolate.
Then you have a dog who gets very sick, possibly fatally; they have
a metabolic problem with theobromine.
roger that! Either way it isn't fine, the dog should be near his
master, that's why you have the dog. WHen you reach for that harness
cause you need to find the men's room pooch better be hanging out
ready to lead you safely through the mess to the facilities, or down
the street to the restaurant etc.

There is a lot of discussion in the blind community dog vs. cane
issue. IT's been proven that competent dog users are often those
who've learned to be good cane users. YEt many dog users say every
time that someone says I wouldn't use a dog because of my work
situation that we're denigrating dog users.

To me a bandstand is not a place to have a working dog out of fairness
to the dog. Ymmv but the dog's won't.
ONce again it's a matter of using the appropriate tool.

BLind folks who use dogs work in all sorts of environments, but imnsho
anytime you subject that dog to an environment that's a danger to the
dog's health where the dog has no choice but to be there you're being
unfair to your partner. sUch a dog is truly a partner. IF you're an
effective team you train together just as athletes train or musicians
rehearse. ASking a partner to endanger himself and shorten his useful
working life is shortsighted and selfish.
YOu and I have choices. WE can choose to wear hearing protection; we
can choose not go go to the club or not work in the machine shop.
THough our service dogs are partners we should make wise and
responsible choices for them as well.

Richard Webb
Electric Spider Productions
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