Stadium Fun

Friday we took Max to the USF vs. WVU game to see how he would react in a stadium. Dave, our trainer, thought he did good. He was definitely freaked, but behaved himself. For me it was very hard. Because we were only staying for an hour, we got cheap seats and so of course they were in the top section. We actually decided to go almost all the way up so we could get to an area where no one was so we could work with him a little easier. For the most part I think he will be OK. I am so grateful we are able to have the handicap seats for our season tickets, because I would NOT be able to climb all that way every other week. I have been down since Monday and I think it was from Friday night.

One of the things I experienced for the first time that I wasn't expecting was how many people react to handicapped people. Now maybe it is my fault but I thought people would maybe be more considerate instead of less. Dave said to get used to it. After walking up 6 ramps and finally getting to the level where our seats were, we walked over to the steps. Max and I haven't done steps together yet as we live in Florida and there are not a lot of steps. So we made it almost to the landing when a man and woman started to come down. I stopped and looked up at the man and he stopped on the top step and looked at me. I said excuse me and he continued to stare at me. I gave him direct eye contact and held my ground. The jerk, stared me down and refused to back up. His wife didn't move either although she wasn't as much in the way as he was. This jerk made me go around him with a service dog. He said nothing just stood there. He was lucky I was out of my element and wasn't prepared for people to act like that. Next time I am going to speak up for myself. Dave said to get used to it. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it.

Have a good noght!