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

Thu Apr 3 01:59:26 UTC 2014

Jodi, What's your phone number? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody W Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "Florida Association of Guide Dog Users" <flagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Flagdu] FW: [nagdu] A CCB resolution on changes to 
havecertification for service dogs


>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
>> "Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like
>> 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.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> http://wolfsinger-lakota.blogspot.com/
>>> http://wolfsinger2-thegoldendragon.blogspot.com
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