[nagdu] Removing Harness and Leash for Security Re:flyingwithPrincess for the first time
Larry D. Keeler
lkeeler at comcast.net
Wed Feb 1 11:34:27 UTC 2012
At Pilot, they will have you remove the harness. They have you go through
first and then call the dog. It is best if you have a friend to hold your
dog when you go and then let them through so you can catch them. Mty
trainer at Pilot held her first. When I got back, I didn't have to do it
again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Removing Harness and Leash for Security
Re:flyingwithPrincess for the first time
>I was told by a trainer to absolutely never remove the dogs harness, collar
>or leash
>
> For going through security, I agree with never removing the leash/collar,
> but I do not agree with not removing the harness. Is it what people will
> think of the dog, what people will do to the harness, or how the dog will
> behave without the harness? Yes, Lexia usually interprets harness off as
> play time, but she is also smart enough to know that the airport is no
> place for messing around.
> As far as putting on a different collar/leash, it is possible to switch
> collars and leashes without giving your dog full freedom. I admit that
> this may not be a good idea for a new guide dog team, but it should not be
> a problem for a team that has been together for a long time.
>
> Also I knew of a handler and her guide going through security after 911
> and the person working the security told this handler to remove the dogs
> harness and she did and the security people took the harness totally apart
> and after she went through security the security people gave her the
> harness back in pieces. Too me that's unacceptable and very wrong.
>
> And did your friend do anything about it? In that case, you fix the
> problem by talking to the person who did it or a supervisor, not by just
> avoiding it. Did the person take it apart to fit it in the bin or to
> investigate it? Sometimes, no matter what we do, we cannot keep the
> security from investigating things that way. Also, what exactly is
> "apart"? The GDB harness that Lexia has can be put into three pieces that
> are very easily put back together.
>
> Finally, what has disturbed me more than just what you are saying is how
> you said it. I agree that everyone on the list has the right to express
> his/her opinion, but no one is the "expert" on what to do and what not to
> do. You could have put something along the lines of "I would" or "In my
> opinion""
>
> Okay, I am going to go hide under my rock now.
>
> Nicole
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "loriandleo" <loriandleo at ohiohills.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Removing Harness and Leash for Security Re:
> flyingwithPrincess for the first time
>
>
>> Hi Nicole,
>>
>> I was told by a trainer to absolutely never remove the dogs harness,
>> collar
>> or leash. Also I knew of a handler and her guide going through security
>> after 911 and the person working the security told this handler to remove
>> the dogs harness and she did and the security people took the harness
>> totally apart and after she went through security the security people
>> gave
>> her the harness back in pieces. Too me that's unexceptable and very
>> wrong.
>> Take care.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lori and theGipper
>>
>>
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