[nagdu] To Matt

[Natalie]

Shoot, if any TSA agent ever told me to remove the harness, I wouldn't do it 
and risk missing my flight.  So far, I haven't flown since I got home with 
Liam so have never had this kind of situation happen.  But if it ever did, 
I'd refuse.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] To Matt


> You should never have to release your dog when going through security. 
> Also, I think they are to tell you each thing they plan to do. But Marion 
> knows more about this than I do.
>
> Cindy
>
> On Sep 16, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>
>> That is bizarre!  I'm sure aware of the level of uncomfortibility that 
>> sort of situation breeds!  I'm assuming you had your dog in harness?  If 
>> so, that should have automatically alerted everyone that you were blind! 
>> Of more concern to me is that when you had to go through again who and 
>> for how long had and kept the dog?  I don't think those folks are trained 
>> to use or control dogs.  Maybe the bomb or drug sniffing team would know 
>> something about that but to call them in to baby sit a dog!  The point is 
>> that dogs read the emotions coming off from us and can get quite nervous 
>> about being separated from us.  I would like to see every airport have a 
>> braille, large print, tape or oral explanation of everything that could 
>> happen while going through security.  They would have to redo the thing 
>> almost weekly because it seems like things change that often but it would 
>> surely help.
>> Intelligence is always claimed but rarely proven!
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