[nagdu] talking to landlord about guide dogs

[Kody Keplinger]

Debbie - LOL! Not sure about that last part.  I do live really close to a
park, but the instructors who interviewed me said the dogs are trained to
relieve on concrete, so if i can't reach the park for some reason, it's
okay.  We'll see if they teach me to do it between parked cars!

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Debbie Cole <debbieanne1124 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Kody
>
> I'm in an apartment as well here in oregon.  When I got accepted I
> happy shared with my landlord the good news.  He was very happy for me
> and welcomed the dog with open arms.  Even apartments where it is a no
> dog policy can't turn down a guide dog.  I don't know about the nature
> stuff and NYC but i heard you relieve the dog between aprked cars.
>
> On 11/25/12, Kody Keplinger <kodytheduff at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello again,
> >
> > So as I posted recently, I just got accepted to Fidelco and will be
> > receiving a guide dog at some point in the future.  I'm SO EXCITED about
> > this.  I'm sure you can imagine! But I have to deal with a few things
> > first.
> >
> > So I live in an apartment in NYC.  It's a no-dogs apartment. Now I know
> > that I'm still allowed to have a service dog, by law, but I also think
> it's
> > the mature thing to inform my landlord ahead of time.
> >
> > I was just wondering - have any of you had to do this in the past? How
> did
> > you go about doing it? Did you have any difficulties with your landlords?
> > I'm just trying to figure out what I should prepare for and how I should
> go
> > about letting my landlord know that this will be happening even though
> I'm
> > not sure when it'll be happening?
> >
> > Any thoughts would be very helpful!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kody
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