[nagdu] Certification?

[Michael Hingson]

Nicole,

Lots of people have been trying to and actually getting away with passing
off pets as service dogs.  As far as certification, the problem comes to
those who train their own service dogs.  If certification is an issue one
good first step would be to get a dog certified as a Canine Good Citizen as
offered by the American Kennel Club and all its affiliates.

However, today certification is not required.


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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Nicole B. Torcolini
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:08 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Certification?

Interesting. What do people think about having certification? Have people
who train their own dogs ever run into a situation where someone needed
proof of certification? On the flip side, does anyone feel that people have
been trying to get away with "This is my self trained service dog" when it
was just a pet?

Nicole

----- Original Message -----
From: "the Pawpower Pack" <pawpower at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Welcome and I still don't have a dog to work with


Hi Nicole,

There are a number of places on the internet where one could buy a
certificate which says that the dog is a service dog.  Anyone can buy
them for any dog if they so choose.

There are a couple of programs which will test your dog and then
"certify" it but because there is no national "certification" for
assistance dogs this IMHO is pretty meaningless unless you're
traveling overseas where the country does demand some sort of
certification as a condition of access.


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