So I was on the bus the other day, and a blind man got on
the bus with his service dog. It was German Shepherd, probably around 5 or 6 years old, and the ENTIRE bus ride (25 minutes), the dog was sniffing me. Not just casual sniffing, I'm talking pressing his nose onto me pretty hard and making those loud sniffs, and he focused quite a bit on the crotch region.
Throughout this, people on the bus were giving me funny looks, but it was so jam packed with people that I couldn't get away. The handler seemed to notice his dog was distracted by something and kept giving corrections, but the dog didn't stop for more than a second.
Is this normal for a service dog? I sort of expected that a service dog would ignore everyone.
Was the handler a man? Could be his way of gettig his dog to make "introductions" for him!!!!!
Haha! Well, he was a man, but he was a blind man on a bus PACKED with people. Plus, he didn't say anything to me, just kept jerking on the dog's collar.
Service dogs are supposed to ignore, but, they're still dogs and live in the moment. Yeah he shoulda stayed put, but the blind guy probably didn't know the dog was embarassing you.
OTOH, we were walking in to a resturant last month and a woman got all excited and loudly asked if Jäger was a blind dog. I told her "No ma'am, he can see just fine," and kept walking.
I stopped a couple of steps later, made nice, we both laughed, and I explained that he wasn't that kind of service dog but that guide dogs are the ones everybody's accustomed to.
You're right, Red. He probably didn't know what the dog was up to, and in any case, we were on a bus - the dog isn't really actively working at that point.
Fortunately I love dogs, so I found it pretty funny after the initial awkwardness.
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