[nagdu] The Requirement of a Harness

[Marion & Martin]

Rox,
    You mirror my sentiments exactly!

Marion



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Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] The Requirement of a Harness


> If a dog is not in a harness or cape it can still be a service dog.   Many 
> people who are D/deaf/hard of hearing have hearing dogs and don't  choose 
> to put them in a cape and hearing dogs have no need to wear a  harness.
>
> If the dog is calmly walking next to the handler and behaving the same  as 
> any other working dog and if the handler says it's a service dog,  which 
> has been trained to mitigate his/her disabilities, the business  owner 
> needs to let it in.
>
> It could be a fake, but frankly as long as the dog is well behaved I 
> don't care.
>
> If I had a choice to meet either an out of control assistance dog who  is 
> lunging, growling etc. and a well behave pet dog, I'd rather meet  the pet 
> in public.
>  That's JMO though.
>
>
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