[nagdu] issue with building

[Marion & Martin]

Marsha,
    You seem to have a very good case! There are no requirements for you to 
"prove" that your guide dog is a service animal. If they force the issue, 
you may want to advise them to check with their attorney and with the Fair 
Housing Administration.

Fraternally,
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha" <queen.marsha.lindsey at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:46 PM
Subject: [nagdu] issue with building


> This is going to be long, so please bare with me. I was notified by my
> building that the parking lot would be repair next week. I asked the 
> Manager
> if the area I take my pup to park in would be affected, and she said no, 
> but
> in the same sentence she states that I can no longer park my puppy there.
> Because she and the workers have been finding dog poop back in that area. 
> I
> asked her to explain the location specifically, and she said it was in the
> area she had originally told me to park my puppy. I told her that I was no
> longer using that area, and ever since the ice and snow I have been using
> the back park of the parking lot. I use the concrete because it is easier
> for me to pick up. So I told her it could not be my puppy, because I 
> always
> pick up. She said she could not deny or confirm it was my puppy at all. 
> She
> stated that it was a HOA rule that no animal can go potty on the ground of
> the building. And that her telling me that back when I moved in was a
> mistake. I moved in last year in September. So I have been using the 
> grounds
> all this time. I told her my puppy is a service animal not a pet, and she
> said she knew this. She also wants me to prove to her and the HOA that my
> puppy is a service animal indeed. That because I have been taking my puppy
> on the grounds all the other tenets think they can do the same, and that 
> she
> is just now notifying me because of pressure from the HOA. I told her that 
> I
> have to think of several issues here, one I live in a big city and there 
> is
> not a lot of grass around to begin with. That number two I need to be able
> to get to this area with out having to walk a mile down the road, that it
> needs to be convenient to me. And the most important issue that if other
> handlers do not pick up after their dogs, and if the area is used by a lot
> of other animals and my puppy gets into that, she can potentially get very
> sick. I do not have the funds to take care of a dog who has gotten into
> other dogs waste, never the mind that it would be time off for her from
> working. I want a area that is away from where every other dog uses. She
> said it was all up to the HOA, and that other tenats have complained. I am
> planning on going in front of the HOA. And I am planning on educating the
> building on this matter. I do not think this is right, everyone in this
> building knows that Emma is a Seeing Eye dog. Most of the tenats do not 
> like
> me or my puppy, but until I can find other housing I have to live here.
> Where I have been taking her to park is out of the way, no one walks 
> there,
> and cars use it to turn around.
>
> Any suggestions on this matter would be ever so greatly appreciated. Are
> there any laws on this? I am waiting to get the HOA rules from my building
> manager, as I want to see for myself it says no animals. I still will make
> the argument that she is NOT a pet. Every time my building manager says it
> is a animal thing I still state that she is not a pet, she is a service
> animal.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Marsha
>
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