[nagdu] Local business asks service dog to leave

[Lisa Irving]

Point taken. Yeah, my darling, Bernie-Bear is probably an incognito 
emotional support dog too.

Lisa and Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 4:33 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Local business asks service dog to leave


> On Mar 4, 2011, at 12:14 AM, Lisa Irving wrote:
> Also, the dog owner made mention of feeling safe and, I think, not feeling 
> anxious. That sounds more like an emotional support dog.
>
> By way of playing devil's advocate, how many times have we ourselves said 
> the same things about our dogs? Does that, therefore, make our dogs 
> emotional support dogs? Of course not. The same holds true here. If that 
> is the dog's sole purpose, I would agree, but the article wasn't at all 
> clear on how, or if, the dog's training was extended beyond its innate 
> ability to detect and alert to possibly dangerous changing conditions. For 
> instance, was its natural reaction to bark, but that reaction was then 
> redirected to quietly paw his owner? After the alerting behavior, what 
> does the dog do? Does it press  an alert button that calls emergency 
> services? Does it do something else? Not at all clear. If it does, 
> regardless of its emotional support function (which I would argue we all 
> derive some benefit from, even if we find a dog makes our travel more 
> convenient and, thus, makes us more relaxed), and if such behavior was 
> specifically trained etc. etc., then it's a service dog.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
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