[nagdu] Disabled Army vet booted off N.J.boardwalkforwalking with service dog - Washington Times

Tue Aug 13 02:23:27 UTC 2013

I think what we can do is, when educating  about laws and rights, to use the
term service dog instead of guide dog. Yes, our dogs are guide dogs, but
people might somehow get in their heads that guide dogs are a special type
of service dog that can go more places than other service dogs.

Nicole and Lexia

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Larry D. Keeler
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 5:44 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Disabled Army vet booted off N.J.boardwalkforwalking
with service dog - Washington Times

Mary, I figure that as guide dog users we do our part by just doing what we
do! If we use are dogs the way we're supposed to and set the example for
others whether they have service dogs or not, that's all we can do! For
example, when folks see Holly and I and watch our behavior. they will wonder
why other dogs are allowed to carry on the way some of them do!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Wurtzel" <marywurtzel at att.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Disabled Army vet booted off N.J. boardwalkforwalking
with service dog - Washington Times

> Hello,
>
> It seems that there is an ongoing problem dealing with the whole issue 
> of service dogs, other than our guide dogs.  I know it is not our 
> particular mission, but it seems that maybe veterans' groups, or 
> schools such as Guide dog Foundation could do education.
> We also have the issue of distinguishing between service dogs and 
> therapy dogs.
> Mary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ann Edie
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:35 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Disabled Army vet booted off N.J. boardwalk 
> forwalking with service dog - Washington Times
>
> Hi, James,
>
> The disabled vet deserves more than just an apology, as the article 
> proposes.  The police should certainly know the law, even if it is 
> federal law, not state law, but I'm sure that NJ also has a state law 
> protecting the access rights of persons who are disabled accompanied 
> by their service dogs.
> The police should compensate the man in some meaningful way, and 
> education about the rights of the disabled should be mandated for the 
> particular police agency involved and perhaps for all police agencies
statewide.
>
> Ann
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Alan 
> Boehm
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 8:54 AM
> To: National Association of Guide Dog Users Gwizdala
> Subject: [nagdu] Disabled Army vet booted off N.J. boardwalk for 
> walking with service dog - Washington Times
>
>
> http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/12/disabled-army-vet-boot
> ed-nj-
> boardwalk-walking-serv/
>
> Disabled Army vet booted off N.J. boardwalk for walking with service 
> dog
>
> A veteran of the U.S. Army who was injured by two bomb explosions 
> while deployed to Afghanistan said New Jersey police mocked him and 
> ordered him off the boardwalk because he was walking with his service dog.
>
> Jared Goering and his wife Sally both said to The Daily Mail that a 
> police officer first "harassed" him then "mocked" him, and issued him 
> a summons for walking with his dog - a no-no on the boardwalk. But, 
> Mr. Goering said in The Daily Mail, his service dog Navigator, or 
> Gator, is necessary to climb up and down stairs.
>
> "Just like any veteran with disabilities with a service dog, to come 
> back and be harassed and shown no respect, it upset me. It really bothered
me,"
> he said, in The Daily Mail. "I also suffer from PTSD, severe anxiety, 
> depression, and my dog plays a big part in my life. His main purpose 
> is mobility, but he also helps me with all my emotional problems from 
> combat."
>
> Mr. Goering said he served 19 years in the military, with two tours of 
> duty in Afghanistan and one to Iraq.
>
> The couple said they showed police their service dog card, but to no 
> avail.
> The officer still ordered them off the boardwalk.
>
> Mrs. Goering said, in The Daily Mail: "He mockingly asked if all 
> veterans get service dogs. His dog is medically necessary, and he is a
service dog.
> We want the public to be aware that there are different types of 
> disabilities and different types of service dogs - and police officers 
> need to be educated about this."
>
> The North Wildwood mayor said an apology will be forthcoming, if an 
> ongoing investigation into the incident reveals one is needed.
>
>
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