[nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and the negativeimpact

[Marion Gwizdala]

Merry and I went into a local supermarket the other day. A manager 
approached us to ask if our dogs were service dogs and what service they 
performed. I called the headquarters to tell them how much I appreciated 
them training their employees to ask the right questions. Perhaps if we 
encouraged all places of public accommodation to inquire, even when it might 
seem obvious what service the dog performed, fewer people would try to get 
one over on the places of public accommodation.

fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and the 
negativeimpact


>I think it is frightening to read these stories about the fake service 
>dogs. What do they mean in the end for people who truly are using and need 
>their dogs? I truly would hate to see us having to all have identification 
>at the ready to show; and what would that mean for people who are training 
>their own? Would they have to get a doggie drier's license kind of like a 
>state ID? It just seems a shame that people abuse this because their dogs 
>are actually people with four paws? They are not no matter how you dress 
>them up.
>
> Cindy
>
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