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I also used to live in the same building as him. I'm sure he's a good guy but I can help but feel terrible for his dog. I've never seen someone blind or not treat their pet as bad as him. The dog always seemed miserable when I would see them in the building or outside. He was constantly yanking on the leash jerking the dog around. It couldn't even piss half the time because he doesn't stop yanking the leash long enough for the dog to pee.

I'm glad he's achieved what he has and it's no small feat but I still feel bad for the dog

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This feels really inappropriate. You're a 15 minute old account claiming that the subject of the article abuses his dog. The appropriate time and place to air that grievance, if it actually happened, would have been to the police, when you witnessed it. It sounds like you're trying to assassinate his character otherwise.

I didn't see what you saw, but maybe give them the dog walker the benefit of the doubt - sometimes after the 10th tree where the dog decides to prop up and stand trying to pee but only squeezing out one tiny drop cus they literally just peed a dozen times before, you give a little yank to have them move on.

A guide dog isn't a pet.

A guide dog isn’t a slave.

> The dog always seemed miserable

What does that mean?

The point of outside time for a pet is to get a ridiculous serotonin high and pee where-ever they want.

The point of outside time of a guide dog is to do work.

If you compare me while I am at work to a person who's out at a bar with friends, I probably look "miserable". That doesn't mean I'm being abused at work. It just means that animals who work for a living (me, the dog) sometimes need to tone down the hormone rush in order to do our jobs.

Does this dog look miserable when in public, or does the comparison set (all the other dogs in public) simply look like the peak of hormone high?

In your ideal world, what would be my takeaway/conclusion as a reader from this story? How do you hope it changes or informs my view of this person and the Amazon piece?

"Developpers are assholes - even blind ones."

Not believable.

Why not? I see people doing this shit all the time when they’re walking their dogs.

I also know this guy. I'm his barber. He has the worst dandruff, absolutely unbelievable. But now that I think about it, he probably didn't know because he's blind

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