[nagdu] Hello and I have a question!

[David Andrews]

There very well could be regulations about 
blocking an aisle everybody uses.  It would be a 
fire hazard.  It wouldn't specify guide dogs, no 
one is picking on blind people or their dogs -- 
it is just common sense to have open aisles in crowded public areas!

Dave

At 03:03 PM 10/26/2008, you wrote:
>I agree.  I've never heard of this.
>Hope and Beignet
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Danie and Eden" <pumpkin4byron at cox.net
>>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:30:59 -0500
>>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hello and I have a question!
>
>>I've never heard of this and if your pup isn't sprawled in the
>aisle, what's
>>the problem? I think they were giving you bull!
>
>
>>God's Blessings,
>>Danie
>
>>I AM:
>>http://momof3bbp.livejournal.com
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Darlene Acree" <tarzanandpetey at hotmail.com
>>To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:25 PM
>>Subject: [nagdu] Hello and I have a question!
>
>
>>Dear NAGDU,
>
>
>
>>Hello to those on the list.  My name is Darlene.  Although I have
>been an
>>observer of your mailing list for quite some time, this is my
>first time
>>that I write to you.  So--hello! In addition, I write to tap your
>expertise
>>with an inquiry.
>
>
>
>>First, Please allow me to introduce myself.  Not to give
>preference, but I am
>>a graduate of Southeastern Guide Dog School in Florida, and I
>have been a
>>guide dog user, since 1992.  Recently, I retired my second guide
>dog Petey,
>>who is a beautiful and intelligent Goldador that I worked for 8
>and ½ years,
>>and I just began working my new guide dog Maggie, who is also a
>Goldador.
>
>
>
>>I write because I encountered a new experience in a restaurant
>and would
>>appreciate any information or input you can give.  While being
>seated at
>>Garfields, the waitress informed me.  Due to fire marshal
>regulations, my
>>guide dog was not allowed to lay beside my chair, in the aisle
>way at the
>>table.  It just so happened that I was with a guide dog trainer
>and neither
>>of us had ever heard of this before.  So, we are researching it.
>I plan to
>>contact my local fire marshal's office next week.  But,
>Meanwhile, I wanted
>>to ask for your input.  Have any of you heard of this? Marion,
>since you also
>>live in Florida, perhaps you have information for our state on
>this
>>subject.  Furthermore, my trainer and I discussed how this could
>lead to
>>problems for guide dog handlers, since many dogs are too large to
>fit
>>underneath tables or booths.
>
>
>
>>Thanks to NAGDU for offering this portal to gain advice and input
>so that we
>>can learn from each other, and I welcome your comments, on this
>issue.
>
>
>
>>Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
>>Darlene
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