[nagdu] Fair Housing

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William, while it may be true that owner trainers do not make up the
majority, there are a large number of us out here, and that number is
growing all the time.  The fact that I train my own service dog does not
make  my dog   any less legitimate than one trained by a program.  And, also
anyone at all could go out and have a card printed that says that their dog
was trained by ABC dogs unlimited or whatever.  I don't understand your
point that because the majority of dogs are trained by programs that that
makes it ok for them to require some sort of ID.  If we as blind people
always took the easy way out just because we wanted to avoid trouble, where
would we be now?  It is important for us to stand up for our rights, not
just for our own sake, but for all the other blind people out there whether
they are a guide dog user or not.
JMHO
  
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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of William Burley
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:24 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fair Housing

Sheila,

I think the vast majority of folks do not train their dogs.  The regulations
say that the dog has to have been trained for the purpose it is serving.
Whether it's legal or not, if you have an ID from the school why fight a
battle that is not worth fighting?  Don't get me wrong, if the request is
unreasonable I'm all for fighting against that.  But if you have proof that
the dog has been trained or can provide the proof that it is a service
animal, why cause yourself the headache?  On this specific matter it's a
case of what is the easiest route.  I am not condoning that medical
documentation has to be provided...but we have to think as well, how would
the complex know that it's a service animal?  Remember they had to change
the definition recently because of the rampant service animal claims that
were being made.  Again, whether it's legal or not, what harm is it to give
them a copy of the ID from the school..Just a common sense thought.

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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Sheila Leigland
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:39 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fair Housing

Hi, william I understand your point it doesn't apply to us but if we had
owner trained our dogs we wouldn't have documentation from any school yet is
isn't illetal to train your own guide.

Sheila Leiglan	d

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