[nagdu] Owners of Doberman in Battery Park City say condo board is barking up wrong tree

[Cindy Ray]

Well, this sounds to me like a case in point concerning "fake" service dogs. How is it helping the deaf father if it is living with the others? 

CL

On Nov 29, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Ginger Kutsch wrote:

> Owners of Doberman in Battery Park City say condo board is barking up wrong
> tree 
> 
> Lawrence and Stella Jacobson say 'Big Honey John,' their beloved Doberman
> Pinscher, is a service dog - and call him 'one of the family.' The board
> wants the pooch evicted.
> 
> By Kerry Burke AND Bill Hutchinson / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 
> 
> Published: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 10:17 PM
> 
> http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/doberman-owners-condo-board-barking-wron
> g-tree-article-1.1209916
> 
> 
> 
> The Battery Park City owners of a Doberman pinscher blasted their condo
> board Wednesday for barking up the wrong tree when it went to court to evict
> the pooch.
> 
> Lawrence and Stella Jacobson say "Big Honey John," their beloved Doberman,
> is a service dog - and they call him "one of the family."
> 
> "We would never, ever let this dog go. That's a sin," said Stella Jacobson.
> 
> She said they got the dog for her ailing 75-year-old father, who became
> deaf after surgery to remove a brain tumor.
> 
> But the Cove Club Condominium board says it doesn't believe the animal is a
> service dog and accused the Jacobsons of breaking the condo's rules against
> big dogs.
> 
> "The condominium did everything in its power to avoid litigation, but the
> resident refused to abide by a condominium-wide policy prohibiting large
> dogs," board attorney Matthew S. Brett, of Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman,
> said by email Wednesday night.
> 
> "Despite requests to the contrary, the resident has never provided the
> condominium with proof that his Doberman pinscher puppy is a registered
> service dog or that there is any condition which would necessitate a service
> animal," Brett added. "Instead, the resident claims that the dog is needed
> for his father-in-law who actually lives in another apartment and not with
> the dog."
> 
> 
> 
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