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

[Natalie]

Dear Marion,
Thanks for commending the store you were at.  Too often we are quicker to 
point out the wrongdoers, the ones who deny access and are unknowledgeable, 
than to praise the ones who do right.  I'm equally as guilty, but one thing 
I do try to keep in mind is what one of my trainers in a previous guide dog 
class said, "If you learn nothing else from this training course, learn 
this.  For every no, there's a yes."  Take care.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and the 
negativeimpact


> 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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