[nagdu] How to Refuse a Guide Dog who is Dirty and infested with Fleas

[Steven Johnson]

Dogs must be presentable, and well-kempt and under control at all times.
The revised definition from March 15, 2011 touches on this in the following:

Dog must be under control of handler and show appropriate manners
(housebroken, in control and unless prohibitive to function,  on a harness,
leash or other tether).

 If an individual with a disability is asked to remove a service animal from
the premises if the animal is neither housebroken or in control, the person
with a disability must still be permitted to access the establishment's
goods, services or accommodations without the  animal being present.

 Public accommodation is not responsible  for the care or supervision of a
service  animal.

Although it is indirectly stated, the dog must be well-kept and presentable.


HTH,
Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darla Rogers
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 8:44 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: [nagdu] How to Refuse a Guide Dog who is Dirty and infested with
Fleas

I had a paratransit driver--it turns out it is someone who picks me up
frequently--one day ask me if Roxy had fleas.  As it turned out, what he
wanted to know was how **not** to take dogs who are stinky, not groomed and
with fleas.

 

                Can someone please cite the part of the law that spells this
out, as they surely do not have to take a dog who is going to get the car or
bus dirty and spread fleas everywhere.

 

Darla & handsome, hardworking Huck

 

 

 

Darla J. Rogers

 

djrogers0628 at gmail.com

 

 

 

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