[nagdu] Removing Harness and Leash for SecurityRe:flyingwithPrincess for the first time

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

That's okay. I know that, sometimes, what the writer intends and what the 
reader interprets are two different things. I incorrectly jumped to 
conclusions about what was meant because there have been problems on the 
list in the past with people insisting that their way was the only way.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "loriandleo" <loriandleo at ohiohills.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Removing Harness and Leash for 
SecurityRe:flyingwithPrincess for the first time


> Hi Nicole,
>
> I didn't mean to come across as knowing more than anyone else, I was just
> passing along the travel tips I got from my trainers.
>
> About the woman who's dog's harness that got taken apart. It was her first
> time flying, she had no one with her and airport security was going crazy
> after 911. The screener told her that she could not board until they 
> checked
> out the harness. They took the harness completely apart to make sure there
> was nothing dangerous about it and gave it back to her in pieces. By the
> time they got done she had to rush to catch her plane and didn't have time
> to put it back together.
>
> I don't know the person this happened to but this was told to me by 
> someone
> who knew about it. This is as much as I was tolddd, but I know it raises
> alot of questions, such as where was her trainer if she was coming from a
> school, and why didn't she ask for a supervisor.
>
> As far as I know this is the only time that something like this has
> happened.
>
> Now I heard about another handler who was told that the screeners would 
> have
> to do a body cavity search on her dog before she boarded. She told them
> point blank that unless they had a vet tech to do the search then they 
> were
> not going to put a hand on her dog. She also demanded that they get a
> supervisor there immediately. The supervisor told the screener that they
> were not going to search the dog and to let her board.
>
> Lori and theGipper
>
>
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