[DSM-Iowa] Guide dogs and Ubers

[Amena Thomas]

hello,
I am fully aware of the emotional support animal issues. I have been educating drivers on the 2 questions You can legally ask. I did talk through the encounter's they had. The drivers I spoke to clearly saw a guide dog harness on the dog. Now if esa people are getting guide dog harnesses that is a huge problem we need to look at.
Ways to stop this could be working with ebay, Amazon, and the like to ban the sale of guide dog type harnesses.  

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> On Feb 4, 2023, at 3:45 PM, Cindy Ray via DSM-Iowa <dsm-iowa at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I am Cindy Ray. I don’t believe we have met. I think yours are good points and well taken, but from my experience and to my knowledge the problem is more often a driver problem or an emotional support animal issue. Some drivers don’t know the difference. Still, problems with guide dog behavior can and do occur.
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>> On Feb 4, 2023, at 3:09 PM, Amena Thomas via DSM-Iowa <dsm-iowa at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> hi all, 
>> I take Uber frequently for work and to get around Des Moines for leasure. I've gotten a couple of drivers letting me know that they've had a couple of bad experiences with guide dogs. For example groweling, barking, and moving about the cabin of the car. 
>> As a friendly reminder we are responsible as guide dog handlers to keep up the professional image of a guide dog. If we don't we will have our rights challenged and the guide dog life style will become much harder.
>> Please also remember that these uber drivers are allowed to kick you out of the car if your dog is acting a fool and interupting the driver.
>> I've pushed the drivers to get dash cams and to kick service dogs out if they are being a nusence to the safe operation of the Uber car. I suggested the dash cams so they can send in a video of what the dog was doing so they don’t  get hit with an improper service dog complaint.
>> So please if you are a guide dog handler or trainer please keep your dog under control at all times.
>> When a guide dog handler lets their dog act a fool in public all your doing is inconveniencing others and making future handlers lives much harder. 
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