[nagdu] ownership

Merry Schoch merrys at verizon.net
Sat Jan 2 18:52:03 UTC 2010


Not sure why this message is addressed to me; I have not been a part of this 
thread. Merry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert J Rizzi" <albert at myblindspot.org>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] ownership


> Merry,
>
> I just yesterday put a feeler out to the GDF on this subject. I wrote to
> wells jones, the CEO, I most probably will hear back from his assistant 
> Pam,
> I wrote to Karen in consumer affairs, mike sergeant who is the head of
> training, though that is not his formal title, south eastern's loss was
> totally our gain, and Katherine fritz in development. I asked them to give
> me those clauses which high light each option for handlers. I will send it
> to you for review when I get it.
> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
> CEO/Founder
> My Blind Spot, Inc.
> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
> New York, New York  10004
> www.myblindspot.org
> PH: 917-553-0347
> Fax: 212-858-5759
> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
> doing it."
>
>
> Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Marion & Martin
> Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 8:11 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] ownership
>
>    Though GDF does provide ownership, there are some strings attached that
> I intend to discuss with them. Since I do not have the ownership agreement
> in front of me, I will withhold my comments concerning the details.
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] ownership
>
>
>> Albert,
>>
>> GDF does offer ownership.
>>
>> For me ownership is an absolute must.  People's views on ownership vary
>> considerably.  We've discussed it here before and I'm sure it will come 
>> up
>
>> in another 6 months again.  It is one of the topics that we all just 
>> agree
>
>> to disagree on.
>>
>> We've discussed financial contributions toward the price of a guide dog
>> too. I'm still in favor.  Perhaps it's my own personal issues that make 
>> me
>
>> feel uncomfortable  with the idea of not paying for something.  I don't
>> know.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 10:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Few: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>
>>
>>> Well I own my dog, I am not borrowing Maxx and giving him back when he
>>> retires.
>>>
>>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>> Independent Contractor
>>> www.Echevarriatravel.com<http://www.echevarriatravel.com/>
>>> 1-866-580-5574
>>>
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>>> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel
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>>> You can also find me on:
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>>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>  From: Albert J Rizzi<mailto:albert at myblindspot.org>
>>>  To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>>> Users'<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>  Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:27 AM
>>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Few: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>
>>>
>>>  It was also presented to us that, and perhaps such was said to drive
>>> others
>>>  away from one school or another, but that a blind person should not
>>> expect
>>>  to pay anything for a guide. But cheryl, Margo let me know that those
>>>  handlers going to seeing eye in fact, for the nominal fee she told me
>>> about,
>>>  allows for complete ownership of the guide, where you and I simply are
>>>  loaned the dog, and if push ever came to shove, they could take the dog
>>> back
>>>  if cause was justified. I am inclined to see the value of contributing
>>> in
>>>  some way to the process, to help keep costs down. I myself have seen 
>>> fit
>
>>> to
>>>  actively participate in raising over 75k for the gdf as a way to pay 
>>> for
>
>>> the
>>>  privilege of getting a guide.
>>>
>>>  Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>>>  CEO/Founder
>>>  My Blind Spot, Inc.
>>>  90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
>>>  New York, New York  10004
>>>  www.myblindspot.org<http://www.myblindspot.org/>
>>>  PH: 917-553-0347
>>>  Fax: 212-858-5759
>>>  "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who
>>> is
>>>  doing it."
>>>
>>>
>>>  Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>
>>> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>>>  Of cheryl echevarria
>>>  Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 7:54 AM
>>>  To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>
>>>  Margo I totally understand this, since at the Guide Dog Foundation we 
>>> do
>
>>> not
>>>  pay anything, and since Albert and I are both newly blind people with
>>> our
>>>  first guide dogs, we don't know that other schools charge a price.  We
>>>  didn't and so that many others may not know this either.
>>>
>>>  Cheryl Echevarria
>>>  Independent Contractor
>>>
>>>
> www.Echevarriatravel.com<http://www.echevarriatravel.com/<http://www.echevar
> riatravel.com%3chttp//www.echevarriatravel.com/>>
>>>  1-866-580-5574
>>>
>>>
> Reservations at echevarriatravel.com<mailto:Reservations at echevarriatravel.com<m
> ailto:Reservations at echevarriatravel.com%3Cmailto:Reservations at echevarriatrav
> el.com>>
>>>  Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel
>>> CST-1018299-10
>>>  You can also find me on:
>>>  Facebook: Echevarriatravel.com
>>>  LinkedIn: Cheryl Echevarria
>>>    ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>    From: Margo and
>>> Arrow<mailto:margo.downey at verizon.net<mailto:margo.downey at verizon.net>>
>>>    To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>>>  Users<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>>
>>>    Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 12:45 AM
>>>    Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>
>>>
>>>    Albert, I see nothing wrong with paying something for my dog guide.
>>>    Absolutely nothing.  what is this harsh reality stuff?  I don't
>>>  understand.
>>>
>>>    Margo and Arrow
>>>    ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>    From: "Albert J Rizzi"
>>>
>>>
> <albert at myblindspot.org<mailto:albert at myblindspot.org<mailto:albert at myblinds
> pot.org%3Cmailto:albert at myblindspot.org>>>
>>>    To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>>> Users'"
>>>
>>>
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org%3Cmailto:n
> agdu at nfbnet.org>>>
>>>    Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:52 PM
>>>    Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>
>>>
>>>    > Thank you for the kind words and for the suggested readings. Also,
>>> thank
>>>
>>>    > you
>>>    > for the harsh reality that some of my blind peers in fact are
>>> required
>>>  to
>>>    > pay for their guides. I never knew that was the case as the
>>> foundation I
>>>
>>>    > got
>>>    > my guide from required nothing of me just that I had strong cane
>>> skills.
>>>
>>>    > I
>>>    > had no idea.  I also have been reading marching alone and walking
>>>  together
>>>    > and draw so much inspiration and determination from that book, that
>>> I am
>>>    > looking forward to reading your other suggestions.  I do realize 
>>> how
>
>>> far
>>>
>>>    > the
>>>    > civil rights movement has come for the afircan Americans, women,
>>> gays,
>>>  and
>>>    > oh so many others which make up the mosaic  that is our country. I
>>> also
>>>    > appreciate the advancements  realized for the blind and the 
>>> disabled
>>>    > community yet still am lost about understanding the whys of how 
>>> much
>>>  more
>>>    > needs to be done to ensure equality and access.  I have accepted my
>>>    > calling
>>>    > to be a force to be reckoned  with to further the efforts of my
>>>    > predescesors
>>>    > and be a catalyst  to further that effort. I have much to learn, 
>>> and
>>>  have
>>>    > lost much, but not as much as I have gained in seeing life from the
>>> new
>>>    > perspective that blindness has brought to my life. Perhaps off line
>>> we
>>>    > could
>>>    > talk about my efforts which are well underway to making my county
>>> and
>>>  then
>>>    > my state the model for technology access one school at a time, one
>>> town
>>>    > hall
>>>    > at a time and one county at a time, and then state by state.  I am
>>> here
>>>    > for
>>>    > the long haul and refuse to accept being marginalized or
>>> disenfranchised
>>>
>>>    > by
>>>    > anyone or anything just because  I am blind. I did not accept it as
>>> a
>>>  gay
>>>    > man and I plan to work my blindness as positively  and empoweringly
>>> as
>>>  I
>>>    > did in getting others to see me as a man who happened to be gay
>>> rather
>>>    > then
>>>    > a gay man.  I thank you and do know I value your experience  and
>>>  knowledge
>>>    > in this new way I navigate  life. Peace.
>>>    >
>>>    > Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>>>    > CEO/Founder
>>>    > My Blind Spot, Inc.
>>>    > 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
>>>    > New York, New York  10004
>>>    >
>>>
> www.myblindspot.org<http://www.myblindspot.org/<http://www.myblindspot.org%3
> chttp//www.myblindspot.org/>>
>>>    > PH: 917-553-0347
>>>    > Fax: 212-858-5759
>>>    > "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one
>>> who
>>>  is
>>>    > doing it."
>>>    >
>>>    >
>>>    > Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
>>>    >
>>>    >
>>>    >
>>>    > -----Original Message-----
>>>    > From:
>>>
> nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounce
> s at nfbnet.org%3Cmailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>>
>>>  [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>>>    > Of Julie J
>>>    > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:37 PM
>>>    > To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>    > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>    >
>>>    > Albert,
>>>    >
>>>    > Some guide dogs do cost substantial amounts of money.  The Seeing
>>> Eye
>>>    > charges $150 for your first guide from there.  Noah's Assistance
>>> Dogs
>>>    > charges $1,500 for a guide or service dog.  Some blind people 
>>> choose
>
>>> to
>>>    > use
>>>    > a private trainer which could cost several thousand dollars.  I do
>>> know
>>>  of
>>>    > a
>>>    >
>>>    > couple other very small programs that charge substantial amounts 
>>> for
>>>  their
>>>    > guide dogs.  Owner trainers financial investments vary 
>>> considerably.
>
>>> If
>>>
>>>    > you
>>>    >
>>>    > purchase a dog from a reputable breeder it could cost thousands.
>>> Add in
>>>
>>>    > the
>>>    >
>>>    > cost of health screening tests, equipment, training expenses and
>>> other
>>>    > incidentals and you could be looking at thousands of dollars on top
>>> of
>>>  the
>>>    > cost of the dog.
>>>    >
>>>    > You also mentioned that the Florida laws are a good starting place,
>>> but
>>>    > that
>>>    >
>>>    > individuals are still being denied access.  I'd like to point out
>>> that
>>>    > civil
>>>    >
>>>    > rights laws for racial minority groups and women are much older 
>>> than
>
>>> the
>>>
>>>    > ADA
>>>    >
>>>    > and those groups still experience discrimination.  It has only been
>>>  about
>>>    > 20
>>>    >
>>>    > years for the ADA and I think we have made substantial progress in
>>> that
>>>    > time.  Social change isn't going to happen overnight.
>>>    >
>>>    > You admit being new to blindness and not understanding everything.
>>> I
>>>    > commend you for  being so diligent about learning.  I really think
>>>  reading
>>>    > everything you possibly can from
>>>    >
>>>
> http://www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org/<http://www.nfb.org%3chttp//www.nfb.or
> g/>>
>>>    > especially the older more historical documents will help you
>>> understand
>>>    > what
>>>    >
>>>    > blind people have struggled with and overcome in the past.  I think
>>> it
>>>    > might
>>>    >
>>>    > help you understand why many of the folks on this list have the
>>> beliefs
>>>    > that
>>>    >
>>>    > we do.   We understand what has been tried, what worked and what
>>> didn't.
>>>    > I've been legally blind for around 17 years now.  Many of the 
>>> people
>
>>> on
>>>    > this
>>>    >
>>>    > list have been blind much longer than that and some their entire
>>> life.
>>>  We
>>>    > are all still learning.
>>>    >
>>>    > If you can I'd also highly recommend reading "The Nature of
>>>  Independence"
>>>    > it's available at the NFB site I linked above.  This article helped
>>> me
>>>    > immensely when I was transitioning from newly acquired blindness
>>> skills
>>>  to
>>>    > living in the real world.
>>>    >
>>>    > HTH
>>>    > Julie
>>>    >
>>>    >
>>>    > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>    > From: "Albert J Rizzi"
>>>
>>>
> <albert at myblindspot.org<mailto:albert at myblindspot.org<mailto:albert at myblinds
> pot.org%3Cmailto:albert at myblindspot.org>>>
>>>    > To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>>> Users'"
>>>    >
>>>
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org%3Cmailto:n
> agdu at nfbnet.org>>>
>>>    > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 1:45 PM
>>>    > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>    >
>>>    >
>>>    >>I am not sure what costs would ne incurred, as I understand and as
>>> has
>>>    >>been
>>>    >> my experience, there is no cost for securing a guide dog.  I am 
>>> new
>
>>> to
>>>    >> blindness and assume that most if not all organizations provide
>>> guides
>>>    >> free
>>>    >> of charge. I agree with you that the certification process if it 
>>> is
>
>>> to
>>>    >> be,
>>>    >> must be determined independently and not by any individual school,
>>> but
>>>  by
>>>    >> a
>>>    >> seasoned group of professionals, end users and others with the
>>> skill
>>>  set
>>>    >> sufficient to create a certification  program which would better
>>> ensure
>>>    >> well
>>>    >> trained guides for those who need them. I see how certification 
>>> has
>>>    >> impacted
>>>    >> so many other areas professionally, and I am inclined to feel that
>>>    >> certification would not set anyone back. It would all be in how we
>>> as a
>>>    >> consumer roup direct that so as to ensure it is empowering and
>>>  promising
>>>    >> for
>>>    >> all.  I also do not see how this would impact our taxes since I do
>>> not
>>>    >> believe the certification of mobility instructors and teachers and
>>>  others
>>>    >> is
>>>    >> a cost of those looking for the certification and education
>>> sufficient
>>>    >> enough to be considered a professional in their respective arenas.
>>> I
>>>  see
>>>    >> how
>>>    >> the state protections in Florida are a good basis to grow from, 
>>> but
>
>>> as
>>>    >> recently shared end users are still being denied access to stores
>>> and
>>>    >> transportation. We may need to work on educating all people about
>>> the
>>>  ADA
>>>    >> rather then worrying about trainers being denied access. Thanks.
>>>    >>
>>>    >> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>>>    >> CEO/Founder
>>>    >> My Blind Spot, Inc.
>>>    >> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
>>>    >> New York, New York  10004
>>>    >>
>>>
> www.myblindspot.org<http://www.myblindspot.org/<http://www.myblindspot.org%3
> chttp//www.myblindspot.org/>>
>>>    >> PH: 917-553-0347
>>>    >> Fax: 212-858-5759
>>>    >> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the 
>>> one
>
>>> who
>>>
>>>    >> is
>>>    >> doing it."
>>>    >>
>>>    >>
>>>    >> Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
>>>    >>
>>>    >>
>>>    >>
>>>    >> -----Original Message-----
>>>    >> From:
>>>
> nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounce
> s at nfbnet.org%3Cmailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>>
>>>  [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>    >> Behalf
>>>    >> Of Julie J
>>>    >> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 1:10 PM
>>>    >> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>    >> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>    >>
>>>    >> Albert,
>>>    >>
>>>    >> I will freely admit that the word "certification" scares the crap
>>> out
>>>  of
>>>    >> me.
>>>    >>
>>>    >> All the issues that Buddy, Steve, Rox'e, Linda and Marion have
>>> brought
>>>  up
>>>    >> are my issues as well.
>>>    >>
>>>    >> I am like buddy, in that I am not actually opposed to
>>> certification,
>>>  but
>>>    >> rather the implementation of that certification.   As of yet I 
>>> have
>
>>> not
>>>    >> seen
>>>    >>
>>>    >> any sort of proposed scheme for certification that is fair,
>>> unbiased
>>>  and
>>>    >> would not place a burden on the end user or taxpayers.  If someone
>>> can
>>>    >> convince me that their program for implementing certification will
>>> not
>>>    >> cost
>>>    >> more money and will not be biased I'll sign up.  Until then I'm a
>>> "no
>>>    >> certification" gal.
>>>    >>
>>>    >> I suppose my very serious lack of enthusiasm of certification 
>>> comes
>>>  from
>>>    >> the
>>>    >>
>>>    >> knowledge of previous government and blindness agency efforts to
>>> "help"
>>>    >> the
>>>    >> blind or "enhance" our opportunities or some such other stupidity.
>>> I
>>>  am
>>>    >> not
>>>    >>
>>>    >> old enough to have been around during the times of protests, but I
>>> am
>>>  old
>>>    >> enough to know lots of other blind people who were.   Agencies
>>> offering
>>>    >> accreditation or approval of various aspects of blindness services
>>> do
>>>  not
>>>    >> have a good track record.  Really I like the current laws and 
>>> would
>>>    >> rather
>>>    >> live with the minor inconveniencies of them than come up with new
>>> ones
>>>    >> that
>>>    >> would quite possibly take us back 50 years in personal freedoms 
>>> for
>>>  blind
>>>    >> people.
>>>    >>
>>>    >> JMO, a'course
>>>    >> Julie
>>>    >>
>>>    >>
>>>    >>
>>>    >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>    >> From: "Albert J Rizzi"
>>>
>>>
> <albert at myblindspot.org<mailto:albert at myblindspot.org<mailto:albert at myblinds
> pot.org%3Cmailto:albert at myblindspot.org>>>
>>>    >> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>>> Users'"
>>>    >>
>>>
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org%3Cmailto:n
> agdu at nfbnet.org>>>
>>>    >> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:44 PM
>>>    >> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>    >>
>>>    >>
>>>    >>> Lol, yeah sign me up for a self trained dog who can pour a 
>>> scotch.
>>>  Well
>>>    >>> why
>>>    >>> is there an assumption that certification will be granted by
>>>  individual
>>>    >>> schools, rather then an independent  body comprised of end users
>>> an
>>>    >>> professionals from the field?  Anything different would most
>>> certainly
>>>    >>> appear self serving  for those schools to determined who is or is
>>> not
>>>  a
>>>    >>> certified trainer.  I am not supporting that dogs be certified,
>>> but
>>>  that
>>>    >>> the
>>>    >>> trainer, much like others in the field of mobility are certified
>>> and
>>>    >>> trained
>>>    >>> either according to national, or as seems to be the preference, a
>>>  state
>>>    >>> standard? Again, I would draw attention to the need for a guide 
>>> to
>
>>> be
>>>    >>> introduced and worked in those everyday environments which they
>>> will
>>>    >>> inevitably come up against once they are passed onto a handler.
>>> Is
>>>  that
>>>    >>> not
>>>    >>> proper?  I mean there is significant training that goes into a
>>> guide
>>>    >>> prior
>>>    >>> to even venturing out into the public? Am I correct in that
>>> position?
>>>  I
>>>    >>> am
>>>    >>> not sure why it would seem odd to want our guides to be
>>> sufficiently
>>>    >>> trained
>>>    >>> in areas where public accommodation  as defined under the ADA are
>>>    >>> afforded?
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>>>    >>> CEO/Founder
>>>    >>> My Blind Spot, Inc.
>>>    >>> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
>>>    >>> New York, New York  10004
>>>    >>>
>>>
> www.myblindspot.org<http://www.myblindspot.org/<http://www.myblindspot.org%3
> chttp//www.myblindspot.org/>>
>>>    >>> PH: 917-553-0347
>>>    >>> Fax: 212-858-5759
>>>    >>> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the
>>> one
>>>  who
>>>    >>> is
>>>    >>> doing it."
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> -----Original Message-----
>>>    >>> From:
>>>
> nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounce
> s at nfbnet.org%3Cmailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>>
>>>  [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>    >>> Behalf
>>>    >>> Of The Pawpower Pack
>>>    >>> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 2:04 PM
>>>    >>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
>>> Users
>>>    >>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> Albert,
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> Just to clarify; my dog is not self-trained.  She did not train
>>>    >>> herself.  If you ever find a dog who can train itself, let me
>>> know.
>>>    >>> It'd save me quite a bit of work.  Grin!
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> Many owner trainers actually don't really begin public access
>>> training
>>>    >>> for quite some time.  I have known an owner trainer to train the
>>> guide
>>>    >>> work on streets and in places where the general public is allowed
>>> to
>>>    >>> bring their pets.  In some cities such as Portland Oregon, dogs
>>> are
>>>    >>> allowed on pubtrans.
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> I don't appose giving training staff the right to bring pups in
>>>    >>> training into places of public accommodation.
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> There are two problems I have with this law, the first is the 
>>> word
>>>    >>> "certified."  I think it opens up a huge can of worms, and is a
>>>    >>> slippery slope from certifying trainers to certifying teams.  I
>>> think
>>>    >>> it self-serving to allow the programs to certify their own
>>> trainers
>>>    >>> and also as an owner trainer I would rather that the programs not
>>> be
>>>    >>> involved in certifying my dog.
>>>    >>> My second issue with this legislation is as Marion said.  I do 
>>> not
>>>    >>> think the ADA which is a law written to protect the civil rights
>>> of
>>>    >>> persons with disabilities is the place to address the rights of
>>>    >>> largely non-disabled trainers.
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
>>>    >>> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
>>>    >>> "Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won,
>>> you
>>>    >>> earn it and win it in every generation."
>>>    >>> -- Coretta Scott King
>>>    >>>
>>>
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