[nagdu] Certification?

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Hi Mike,
Landon has this cerification in order to qualify as a P-AT Program 
visitation dog at our Humane Society.  I think that this test would be 
great.  To read more about it, go to the AKC website - I forget what it is - 
just Google American Kennel Club.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hingson" <info at michaelhingson.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Certification?


> 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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