Hi Everyone,I also find that dogs are a real pain to deal with while at a tuning. I love dogs. don't get me wrong. I'm glad I don't own one now, not enough time and our landlord doesn't allow it, but dogs are wonderful creatures. Most of them are anyway. :-) Howver they are a real nuisance when I'm at a customers house. I try not to pet fido for fear of getting them goin g and thinking I'm there to play with them. I also don't want dog dander or dirt on my hands and then on their piano and my tools or the smell of the dog on me. lol I ofen leave and there's dog hair on my over coat. I guess I should stop wearing wool overcoats and get rid of the two overcoats I have and wear my regular winter coat, but I like dressing professional no tie of course heaven forbid. So what do you guys do about the dog situation? I don't want people to think I'm a dog hater. I love most breeds. I owned a basset once and loved her very much like she was my own kid. Today I'm trying to tune and the dog a beautiful golden retriever. comes up and sniffs my tools wags its tai l and knocks a couple of ornaments off the Christmas tree. I'm then distracted and say nicely, ok doggie I'll talk to you later etc... and I hear the dogs name and the words come here. Yesterday I'm bombarded by two labs. the woman shoed them away a couple of times etc. She at least took my coat and hung it up. Sometimes so as not to be annoyed, I'll make a joke like oh that's a42r I think, or 44 depending on which ocat I have. Often times people are pretty good about getting their dogs under control and out of my hair, but at times it's the innitial hello and the dogs come unglued because a new person is there to play with them. Sometimes they make too much noise even if they are kept out of my reach. What have yo u guys encountered. Oh and cats are not so annoying except I do close my tool box. Im not sure, but would a cat dare to mark it's territory in my box? Years ago one did in our car. lolMarshall Marshall Gisondi MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE 215-510-9400 http://www.phillytuner.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130105/d4f1c60c/attachment.htm>
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