[Flagdu] FW: [nagdu] A CCB resolution on changes to have certification for service dogs

Thu Apr 3 01:34:18 UTC 2014

I am an owner trainer. My guide dog is better behaved then some school dogs. How is a certification going to insure a dog is OK in public?

How is an ID card going to prove anything? 

I can make a harness so how is restricting sales going to stop anyone. 

Like all similar ideas, these ideas will only hurt legitimate handlers. 

We don't need new laws, just follow the existing requirements that a dog be trained for a task and not just to bring joy to everyone. 

JODY

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson

On Apr 2, 2014, at 4:58 PM, "Sherrill O'Brien" <Sherrill.obrien at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I wanted to pass along this email from the nagdu list which of course is
> getting a flurry of responses. 
> The following resolution is from the California Council of the Blind, to be
> presented at their state convention. I'd love to hear your thoughts. How big
> a problem is this really, and how can we help businesses to deal with this
> challenge?
> Sherrill 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of L Gwizdak
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 2:45 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] A CCB resolution on changes to have certification for
> service dogs
> 
> Whereas: Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act defines the rights
> of people with disabilities to access places of public accommodation, and
> 
> Whereas: These access rights are extended to service animal handlers as
> defined in the 2011 ADA Accessibility Guidelines, and
> 
> Whereas: These service animal access rights are also guaranteed by numerous
> state and local statutes, and
> 
> Whereas, Due to weaknesses in the relevant legislation and the general
> ignorance that exists about the legal definition of service animals and of
> their access rights, there exists an epidemic of persons fraudulently
> bringing their pets into places of public accommodation under the pretext
> that they are service animals, and
> 
> Whereas, The presence and bad behavior of fake service animals in places of
> public accommodation places the access rights of legitimate service animal
> handlers at risk, Therefore be it
> 
> Resolved by Guide Dog Users of California meeting at the Arden West Hilton
> Hotel in Sacramento, California on April 12, 2014 that this organization
> shall strive to put an end to service animal fraud by  actively
> participating in a coalition of like-minded groups to advocate for the
> following changes in law and to engage in  other related activities.
> 
> 1. The coalition shall seek changes to ADA regulations and to other relevant
> federal statutes and regulations  as follows.
> 
> 1.1. The ADA regulations must be amended to permit providers of public
> accommodations to require service animal handlers to show documentation to
> verify the status of their animals as a condition for extending their
> accommodation rights to their animals.
> 
> 1.2. Federal law must permit states and local governments to enact service
> animal licensure requirements to make it easier for providers of public
> accommodations to distinguish service animals from pets, provided that such
> licensure requirements do not impede the access rights of service animal
> handlers and that the licensure requirements are no more costly than those
> imposed on pet owners..
> 
> 1.3. Federal law must  restrict  the interstate sale of service animal
> identification products to legitimate service animal training programs and
> to individuals who can provide proof of the status of their service animals.
> Vendors who fail to follow these requirements must be subject to fines large
> enough to discourage the traffic in fake service animal products.
> 
> 2. The coalition must develop model state laws and regulations as described
> below and then advocate throughout the nation for the enactment of these
> statutes.
> 
> 2.1. States must implement service animal license laws compliant with item
> 1.2 above.  These laws must provide for the licensing of animals issued
> through recognized training programs and also provide for the licensing of
> self-trained service animals.
> 
> 2.2. States must enact prohibitions on the intrastate sale of fraudulent
> service animal identification products that are comparable to the
> prohibitions described in item 1.3.
> 
> 3. The Coalition shall develop and execute an education campaign to inform
> the public about the definition of a service animal, about the access rights
> of service animal handlers and about the negative consequences of and the
> legal penalties for service animal fraud.
> 
> 
> Frank Welte
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> 
> 
> 
> Lyn and Landon
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> asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] It's a go
> 
> 
>> Jewel, good luck in your class.Hope you get that special dog and have many
>> years of partnership.I hope you won't get rained on to much,lol.Have a
>> great time in class. Mardi and Shaman and Neechee.
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