[nagdu] [Lady with Guide Dog kicked out of Ann Taylor]

[Julie McGinnity]

I posted an article with quotes from her blog on it to the list a few
hours ago.  Marcia is correct.  I googled and found much information
on the incident.

On 6/22/12, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you google "Cruisin' with cricket" Ann taylor, it will come up. Sorry
> for
> the bad link.
>
> Marsha
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Debbie Cole
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 5:37 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] [Lady with Guide Dog kicked out of Ann Taylor]
>
> It says the apge doesn't exist.  Perhaps it can be found elsewhere?
>
> On 6/22/12, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have seen this all over twitter several times now. It's a very very sad
>> story. If anyone is interested, here is her blog:
>>
> http://cruisinwithcricket.blogspot.com/2012/06/disappointed-in-ann-taylor.ht
>> ml
>> the news story and the information that the store has is different. The
>> store claims that the dog did not have a harness. I didn't think it was
> the
>> harness that made the guide dog a guide dog, but its training and for the
>> tasks it does? Maybe I am wrong. And secondly, did the store employees
>> not
>> know what a harness looked like, to say that it was indeed a harness?
>> Cricket is from GDB, so she would have been wearing a GDB harness. This
>> outrages me. Its great Ann Taylor has issued an apology, but what about
>> issueing national wide policies for this not to happen again?
>>
>> I know this was in STL, but Ann Taylor's are all over the country. Anyone
>> while at convention want to visit a ann Taylor in a group? I won't have
>> Emma
>> with me, or I would go too. What would they do with 5 or 6 or more guide
>> dog
>> teams? LOL
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:19 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] [Fwd: [Njagdu] Fwd: FYI Lady with Guide Dog kicked out
>> of
>> Ann Taylor]
>>
>> I don't know anything about this, but, hopefully, here's the video link.
>> This happened in Salt Lake City.
>>
>> _Becky Andrews: Ann Taylor Kicked My Guide Dog Out Of Salt Lake City
> Store
>> (VIDEO)_
>>
> (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/ann-taylor-becky-andrews-dog_n_161
>> 2366.html?icid=maing-grid10|htmlws-main-bb|dl15|sec1_lnk3&pLid=1715
>> 75)
>>
>>
>>
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> --
> warmly,
>
> Debbie Cole
>
> debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
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-- 
Julie McG
 Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind
of Missouri recording secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
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