People often justify refusing my Guide Dog access on the basis of potential fear of dogs. But how does it work when someone is scared & we’re sharing a space? Well it happened just now on the tube. As I boarded a person with a young child gasped “I’m scared of dogs!”
I had to get into my seat which meant Ava was stood near this person for about 30 seconds but I started talking very calmly. The person kept worriedly saying they were scared. “She is a highly trained dog, she will not jump or bark. I will move her as soon as I sit.”
@BlondeHistorian People panda to children a lot and don’t tech them how not to be a bad person or afraid of things the are perfectly normal
@BlondeHistorian I am scared of dogs, for good reason. It's my problem that I have to deal with and I do not expect people needing assistance dogs to change for me. I do expect dog owners to train their dogs and keep them under proper control (optomistic, I know..).