[nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
Albert J Rizzi
albert at myblindspot.org
Fri Jan 1 20:02:59 UTC 2010
There is a school called capable canines, which provide specific services
for those needing assistance animals who are wheel chair bound. I know for a
fact that the animals from that organization are afforded the same
protections our guides are as they perform specific tasks for their
handlers. the people getting service animals from capable canines are
afflicted with forms of paralysis. I know this because we just donated 6000
dollars to their organization. I do not believe they train animals to detect
seizures, or diabetes, but I will call the executive director next week to
inquire.
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I believe there is one out here on long island.
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While initially some dogs did this trick or task of their own volition and
as a true connection to their owners, there are two schools in the united
states that train dogs for seizure and diabetic detections. I will dig up
those schools out of my files and share the information with you all. I
first learned of this as a trainable task this summer when speaking to a
group of students with type one diabetes. A parent asked me to
investigate
this option for her daughter and as I stated found two schools, one of
which
is based in Indiana if I recall correctly. The cost to train such dogs is
anywhere from 5 to 10 thousand dollars. my lions club here on long island
is
hoping to include them in our giving program this year. So let me get back
to you all on this new breed of service animal which most certainly, as
properly outlined in Julie's post will fall under the definition of a
service animal as protected under the ADA. I could see however, the task
or
service such an animal would provide could be cause for some serious
dialogue
Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
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Good explanation! I was mulling that one over, too; still getting there!
But I think you put it very well. /smile/
Tami Smith-Kinney
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Albert,
most dogs who alert to a medical condition such as diabetes are doing
it out of instinct. Some dogs choose their alert by engaging in some
very inappropriate behaviors for public access such as barking or
jumping up on the person. The alert itself needs to be accompanied by
a *trained* task.
Here is my question. If I had an alert dog who's default alert was
barking, and if I retrained this alert so that the dog nudges my arm
when I'm about to experience a medical event, would that then be a
train task? I would say yes. However if I did not retrain that alert
and just let my dog bark, it wouldn't be doing a trained task.
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