[nagdu] Booties? was Re: Guide Dogs at School

Fri Dec 9 01:59:59 UTC 2011

What brand of booties do you use? I have some for Lexia from Ruffware,, but 
they bother her feet.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs at School

> Hi Mark,
> The neighborhood is spelled B E A C O N  Hill.  And yes, the streets wwere 
> old cow trails!  The Boston Commons used to be a cattle grazing place back 
> then. I used to live in Boston and they are notoreous for not knowing what 
> a sidewalk plow is and I had to do it all with a cane as well!  Now, I 
> live in Sunny California!  And see the lovely snow on the TV news!  I 
> haven't been in snow for the last 23 years and that's OK by me!  We do get 
> it in our local mountains.
>
> Landon was raised in Philidelphia and I'm sure he played in the snow 
> there. He's a California dog now and we both hate it when it gets too hot. 
> He sometimes needs booties to protect his feet from the heat of the 
> blacktop of the streets during our street fairs.  Youo'll most likely use 
> them to protect from the rock salt that is EVERYWHERE in Boston during the 
> winter.
>
> Good luck with the new dog and enjoy Boston.  I wish I could afford to 
> come back there to visit!  I lived in the Brighton area west of downtown 
> on the Green Line trolley.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs at School
>
>
>> Thank you for the well wishes with the new dog.
>>
>>
>>
>> Got to love January in Boston. We got mountains of snow last year, it was 
>> so bad that there were snow banks taller than me along the sides of the 
>> road and sidewalks were like canyons. I am 6ft tall, and, I couldn't 
>> touch the tops of some of the snow banks with my cane. I hope this year 
>> is not as bad.
>>
>>
>>
>> Other places around the country get far more snow than we do, but the 
>> cities are far more modern and can handle it. In Boston, especially ware 
>> I live on beak in hill the streets are old cow paths that were covered in 
>> cobble stones, and later paved. In fact, some of them are still cobble 
>> stone.
>>
>>
>>
>> Winter is always an experience hear in the hart of Boston.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs at School
>>
>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> All my best wishes with your new dog!  I don't think I'd be brave enough 
>>> to learn a new dog in January.
>>>
>>> I honestly don't know the answers to all your questions.  It seems that 
>>> there are several laws that would apply to various parts of the 
>>> educational experience.  The FHA probably applies to the dormitory, but 
>>> perhaps not because it is limited to only students.  I'll e interested 
>>> to read others responses.  Accommodations regarding the in class 
>>> educational experience would fall under a different law, probably the 
>>> ADA.  Visitors to the campus would be subject to the ADA and the 
>>> college's request for documentation from visitors is most definitely not 
>>> appropriate or legal.
>>>
>>> Julie
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/6/2011 7:36 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Due to the recent discussion about reasonable accommodations I thought 
>>>> I would ask the list's thoughts on a recent discussion I have just had 
>>>> with my schools ODS office.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Although I haven't posted on this list in a long time, as many of you 
>>>> may know, I was considering getting a guyed dog. Well, I have finely 
>>>> been accepted, and I will be receiving a dog from Fidelco on January 3. 
>>>> Because I live in the dorms on campus, I informed the Suffolk ODS 
>>>> office about my getting a guide dog. And, hear is a few excerpts from 
>>>> there service dog policy. For the entire policy you can visit 
>>>> http://www.suffolk.edu/studenthandbooks/47571.html.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Requirements of Service Animals and Their Partners
>>>>
>>>> Training: To be present on campus, a service animal must be 
>>>> specifically trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an 
>>>> individual with a disability.(no problem so far) Evidence of successful 
>>>> completion of a recognized licensing or certification program for 
>>>> service animals, or a letter documenting the training, is required. 
>>>> (What does that mean?) A copy of the proof of certification should be 
>>>> filed with the Disability Services Office (for CAS and SBS students), 
>>>> the Dean of Students Office (for Law Students) or Human Resources 
>>>> Office (for faculty/staff/administrators). Visitors or guests may be 
>>>> required to provide documentation to the Suffolk University Police 
>>>> Department.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am not a lawyer, but does that line up with the ADA?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Note - Suffolk University will consider, on a case-by-case basis, 
>>>> requests by students who reside in residence halls for a service 
>>>> animal, including a dog or other animal, to reside in the residence 
>>>> hall. Please direct such requests to the Office of Disability Services 
>>>> at least 30 days prior to the date the animal is expected to be in 
>>>> residence.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This sounds like they want the authority to refuse acksess to some 
>>>> service animals that don't meet with the ODS stamp of approval.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On a different note, is on campus housing at a college covered under 
>>>> the ADA, or the fare housing acksess act, or some other law I don't 
>>>> know about?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark J. Cadigan
>>>> Electrical Engineering Department
>>>> Suffolk University
>>>> kramc11 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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