[nagdu] Service Dog Forced To Ride In Taxi Trunk

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Got that right!!! What was that blind lady thinking when she allowed the 
cabbie to place her guide dog in the trunk of a vehicle!  So she's late. She 
just gave that cabbie a reason and encouragement to try that stunt with 
another guide dog user.  Gee thanks, lady!

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katherine Lawson" <kate.a.lawson at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Service Dog Forced To Ride In Taxi Trunk


That is not acceptable. The driver should receive additional training
as well as a suspension. If that has no effect, then he clearly should
not be behind the wheel of a vehicle for hire (that anyone should be
able to hire).
Would you put your child in the trunk if a taxi driver asked you to? I
don't think so. If this ever happens to me, the driver and company he
works for will end up begging me to shut up. lol

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Julie Phillipson <jbrew48 at verizon.net> 
wrote:
> no way would I allow this. I have to say I have been asked this at least
> twice before, most recently two weeks ago by someone who should know 
> better.
> Julie Phillipson
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Kutsch" 
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> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 6:18 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Service Dog Forced To Ride In Taxi Trunk
>
>
>> Service Dog Forced To Ride In Taxi Trunk
>>
>> Blind Woman Says Driver Gave Her Ultimatum
>>
>> Marc Stewart, 7News Reporter
>>
>> June 6, 2011
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> DENVER -- A blind woman says a driver told her she would have to put her
>> guide dog in the trunk of his taxi if she wanted a ride.
>>
>>
>>
>> Judie Brown says her black lab named Alberto isn't just a best friend;
>> he's
>> been her lifeline for the past four years.
>>
>>
>>
>> "If something happened to him. I would just die," said Brown.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> About a month ago, Brown called a cab.
>>
>>
>>
>> When she walked out front with Alberto, the driver from Union Taxi
>> initially
>> refused to transport her with Alberto.
>>
>>
>>
>> "He said, 'No dog in my cab,' " said Brown.
>>
>>
>>
>> Brown said the driver told her he was allergic to dogs and would only
>> drive
>> her if Alberto went in the back of his cab.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I asked him, 'Where in the back?' And he said, 'In the trunk,' " said
>> Brown.
>>
>>
>>
>> Late for an appointment, she reluctantly agreed.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I never hear my dog whine or crying. Ever. Ever. I knew it was terribly
>> wrong," said Brown.
>>
>>
>>
>> Colorado law protects guide dogs and their owners, allowing them to ride
>> together in taxis.
>>
>>
>>
>> "A service dog is an appliance, similar to a wheelchair. Would you deny
>> them
>> a wheelchair?" said animal law expert Jay Swearingen.
>>
>>
>>
>> A manager with Union Taxi tells 7NEWS the driver has been suspended and
>> fined by the state.
>>
>>
>>
>> But Judie is scarred and says she's been afraid to travel with Alberto
>> ever
>> since.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I've lost my independence. And I do not like it. It makes me angry. And 
>> I
>> want it back," said Brown.
>>
>>
>>
>> The National Guide Dog Association says they get similar calls, three to
>> 10
>> times per week.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> URL: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28151488/detail.html
>>
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