[nagdu] Dog IDs

[Tami Kinney]

Julie,

Thanks for stating that so well. /smile/ I'm still in that not enough
caffeine state, so I'll just say "me, too"! Having a nice,
official-looking card to flash at people won't affect my responsibility
or lack thereof at all.  Like you, I prefer to let my dog's grooming,
health and behavior speak for themselves. There are days I wonder about
my own grooming and manners, but... I can try. At least my dog looks
good and has manners. Not to mention that dratted charm. Bleeping little
prom queen that she is. /lol/I've been having fun reading some little
vignettes from the point of view of another young local guide of the GSD
variety who does not look like the scary police dog her predecessor
did. /lol/ Also, the dog is really, really striking in a more unique
way, so going around Portland looking like that, she is convinced she is
the princess of everything. Apparently, she hasn't gotten Mitzi's
opinion on that subject. /lol/ There are still days I dream of getting
an ugly brute of a guide and moving somewhere people don't go ga ga over
seeing dogs in places of public accommodation where dogs aren't allowed
unless they're legit.  /smile/

Tami

On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 09:14 -0500, Julie J. wrote: 
> Larry,
> 
> I understand that you were giving an example of bad behavior and an 
> irresponsible owner.  My  concern is that an ID didn't do anything to 
> prevent this situation.   My question is still how does having an ID 
> card prevent a dog from misbehaving or a handler from neglecting basic 
> grooming?
> 
> Just so you know, I train my own guides.  My owner trained guide goes 
> with me to work, to restaurants, to the bank, post office, to meetings 
> in various locations and quite a few other places.  I do not have any 
> sort of ID.  I could create something on my computer and laminate it, 
> but I choose not to, because ID is not legally required.  I believe that 
> the dog's behavior speaks louder than any sort of ID card ever could.
> 
> Julie
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/1/2011 8:10 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
> > Sorry, that was an example of just bad behavior.  I mentioned it because sometimes folks that do that kind of thing reflect on us.  In that example, he didn't groom his dog properly and whenI got hHolly and went to the same restraunt he did, I heard the owner mention that Holly was clean unlike that other dog that came in!  My real point about IDs is that to many people are slipping dogs under the radar as service dogs when they are not.  A story told by a disc jocky in the Ann Arbor area points this out.  He was flying somewhere and a woman sitting next to him had a miniture poodle on her lap.  I love those things and when I was a teenager, I used to breed them.  I went to Pilot precisely because they bred poodles!  The woman claimed that she needed the woman for emotional support because she was scared of flying.  Apparently, the plane hit turbulance and she didn't even reach for the dog.  To all appearances, it sure seemed like the dog was claimed that way to get out of paying for it to ride underneath.  A couple of weeks after that, on one of the Detroit tv stations, they showed a article on people doing this sort of thing.  The article included a segment on things such as buying harnesses, vests and IDs on the internet!  My daughter has a friend who claims her dog is a hearing assistant.  She baught a vest for 40 dollars at a store.  The thing is a Jack Russel terrier and I have seen it!  It barely knows obedience training!
> > Intelligence is always claimed but rarely proven!
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