[Blindtlk] Peter: Please Call Me ASAP!

Fri Mar 11 13:54:54 UTC 2011

Peter,
    I don't seem to have your correct email address and need to talk to you 
about some important NAGDU business. I sent you a message on THE nagdu list 
but haven't seen you there for awhile. Please give me a call ASAP at the 
number below my signature.

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala, President
National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU)
National Federation of the Blind
813-626-2789
President at NAGDU.ORG
HTTP://WWW.NAGDU.ORG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: <blinddog3 at charter.net>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Doggie Doo.


> Hello everyone,
>
>    The apartment complex where we live requires all dog owners to pick up
> after their dogs. To that end they've set up a number of pet relief 
> stations
> around the complex. One is located directly across from our apartment. 
> These
> pet relief stations are equipped with a plastic bag dispenser and a small
> waste can in which to throw the droppings after the dog finishes 
> relieving.
> And if you don't pick up after your dog you're libel to get a visit from a
> Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy. The Bexar (Pronounced Bear) County 
> Sheriff's
> Department handles courtesy patrol for a number of apartment complexes in
> San Antonio including the Oaks of Marymont  where we live.
>
>    Failure to clean up after your dog could result in a fine and possible
> non-renuel of your lease. This place takes the matter of animal waste 
> pickup
> very seriously. It's good that I had one up on them having been a strong
> believer in cleaning up after my dogs. All the best.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Doggie Doo.
>
>
> Mary,
> It is definitely legitimate on the landlords part.  It is not a reasonable
> accommodation for a tenant to request to leave the waste as all dog guide
> schools, or at least to the best of my knowledge, teach how to pick up 
> after
> their guide.  I would encourage the handler to contact their school, or 
> vise
> versa, have the landlord contact the school to verify that this person was
> indeed trained.  It is situations like this that make the dog guide
> community looked upon in a bad way, and even worse yet, that we as blind
> people are incapable of performing simple tasks such as this.
>
> Just my opinion,
>
> Steve & LD Misha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mary Mc Gee
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:09 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Doggie Doo.
>
> Dear GD Experts;
>
>            I hope some of you can give me a few answers.  I have beliefs
> about this but I want to make sure I'm correct.
>
>            First, I owe you a little background information.  I have a
> friend who uses a GD, a Lab.  He and his wife live in a mobile home park.
> They have received several notices to cure because their yard contains a
> great amount of doggie doo, which they don't clean up. Notices to cure 
> mean
> comply with the demand therein or be evicted from the park.  After they
> receive one of these notices, they hire someone to clean up the yard and
> it's OK for a little while until the doo accumulates again.  Then they 
> have
> another notice.  Now they've received a letter that the landlord will send
> no more notices but will have the yard periodically cleaned and bill them
> for it.
>
>            When they asked me how to stop the landlord from sending them
> these notices, I said, clean up after your dog.  Aren't GD users taught to
> pick up after the dog at the GD schools?  I always thought so.  This owner
> argues that he can't see the doo, consequently he can't pick it up.  I 
> find
> that hard to believe!  Aren't dog users supposed to go out with their dogs
> so they can pick up after?
>
>            I'm afraid the landlord has a legitimate claim here that he can
> evict them for having a dirty yard or bill them for having the maintenance
> people regularly clean it.  Am I correct?
>
>            This is indeed a weight issue.  Please give your thoughts!
>
>            Thank you very much.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mary L. McGee
>
>
>
>
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