[nagdu] therapy dog v service dog

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Hi Bunny,
Your minister is an idiot!

My guide dog, Landon is also certified as a Therapy Dog through the San 
Diego Homane Society.  He has a Therapy Dog vest that he wears during 
visits.  I take his harness off to do this work.  He had to take and pass 
the Canine Good Citizenship Test offered by the American Kennel Club. 
Landon has a blast and so does everyone else where we visit.  We go with 
other volunteers and bring along a rabbit, two guinea pigs, and two white 
rats.  Landon loves the animals.  We will be spending our Thanbksgiving Day 
with the Paws That Heal team and will be visiting the wounded warriors on 
the mental health unit at the Naval Medical Center of San Diego.  We should 
have a nice time and the guys enjoy having visitors.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bunny Davidson" <bunnydavidson at live.com>
To: <annedie at nycap.rr.com>; "service dog list" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: [nagdu] therapy dog v service dog



Hello anne,

before i became disabled i was one of the first to have certified therapy 
dogs
admitted into one of NJ better hospitals.

the name of the organization that tested my dogs and i was called
"therapy dogs international" their headquarters is in wyoming, and i know
they did a nice monthly magazine sent to all paid up members.  Perhaphs now
they even have an online site, list or something.


fell free to google and contact them, and pass on that article.


I am in total agreement - i have been on both ends of this situation and you 
are right THERAPY DOGS ARE NOT PRIVY TO SAME ACCESS AS SERVICE DOGS,
AND MANY FOLKS WITH THERAPY DOGS DO THINK / ACT LIKE THEY ARE SAME.

A few months ago i was at a community / church dinner- the minister has a 
little teacup yorkie that she takes everywhere with her in a purse, then 
lets it run wild without a leash when she gets to her destination (ie: the 
church dining hall).

I had to go over and ask her to restrain or remove her dog because it kept 
coming up to me and my dog and jumping all over and causing kaos.
She said, oh my so and so is a service dog too, we go to hospitals and 
nursing homes...blah blah...
 I tried to explain that a even a service dog is required by the USDJ to be 
leashed/ and kept with the person it served, not let loose to roam in public 
venues disturbing other patrons.
 I also tried to explain that what her dog did by going to hospitals was not 
acting as a "service dog" but was legally refered to as a "therapy dog".(she 
didnt listen kept saying she understood, so and so was a service dog blah 
blah) - i did try to explain what a service dog was and what difference it 
made legaly but i know she didnt listen: I returned there the next month for 
the monthly meal and her silly dog was all over the place loose again and 
she was no where in sight of the disturbance it caused to me and my dog.

I hope to find this nutty rev. and get her email / or give her a copy of 
this article myself if i can.


Bunny

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