[nagdu] Pet tags on the beach

Marion & Martin swampfox1833 at verizon.net
Sun Aug 2 09:48:54 UTC 2009


Wayne,
    No need for any sort of tags. As you stated, a service animal is not a 
pet, so such rules do not apply. You do not need to have your dog in harness 
nor present any other sort of documentation proving it is a service animal 
to have access to the beach. The only thing you are required to gain such 
access is to advise them you are a person with a disability and the animal 
is a service animal. They may ask how the animal was trained and what task 
the animal was trained to perform, but you are not required to demonstrate 
its training. For your information, I have attached information from the 
U.S. Department of Justice, just in case you are questioned about it. also, 
keep my number with you should you need an advocate while in Florida. BTW, 
what part of Florida will you be visiting?

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala
Tampa, Florida
813-626-2789




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 8:46 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Pet tags on the beach


> Greetings. Sorry for the short notice. I talked with my parents
> earlier who are already in Florida. I'm leaving tomorrow morning. They
> mentioned that pets need to get tags from a specific office in order
> to go on the beach. I know that guide dogs arent' pets, but does
> anyone know if I need to worry about this with my guide, or will the
> harness be enough to convince any officials on the beach? We talked
> about taking my dog with us to the beach perhaps tomorrow evening to
> see how she reacts and then decide if we need to do anything with her
> the rest of the week. However, since the "tag office" for lack of a
> better phrase isn't open till Monday morning, if we do need tags then
> we wouldn't be able to take her tomorrow. She has a microchip ID on
> her collar that we got last fall when in training, and I've of course
> got an ID card for her proving that she's a guide dog. Thoughts?
>
> Wayne
>
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