[nagdu] Licensing Your Dog

[Marion Gwizdala]

    It is my belief that the prohibition on requiring proof that a dog is a 
service animal only applies as it pertains to access to public entities and 
private entities that provide public accommodations. If a licensing 
authority requires some sort of proof that a dog is a service animal in 
order to extend the privilege of waving licensing fees, that is not an issue 
of civil rights. Similarly, there is a program available through which 
service dogs are receiving free eye exams. If a condition of this program is 
that the person produces documentation that the dog is a service dog, they 
are free to do so. Again, this is not a civil right, but a privilege that is 
being extended to a specific group of people. HTH!

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Licensing Your Dog


>I got Princess licensed a month or so back and it was totally free because
> she had her harness on; I brought her rabies paper with me as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 5:10 PM
> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
> Subject: [nagdu] Licensing Your Dog
>
> We were looking up information as to how to license our dogs. Here is
> something that caught my attention. Can they require this? It doesn't say
> what they want exactly:
>
> SERVICE ANIMALS Certified service animals qualify for a waiver of the 
> annual
> license fee, however you must submit a license application, proof of 
> service
> certification, rabies vaccination and pay the $4.00 processing fee.
> I believe that they cannot ask for proof of service certification. I 
> suspect
> I'll pay for a license for him, but I think they can't do this.
>
> Cindy
>
>
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