[nagdu] Outside the Box

[Tami Jarvis]

Ken,

Oh, that would be too easy! /lol/ There are some pretty clear guidelines 
for what is considered inappropriate behavior on the DOJ Fact Sheet and 
the ADA Q&A. I found it interesting to note that one or the other states 
that barking is not cause for legal removal. Hm... Well, dogs do bark. I 
would not want one that came into my business to just sit and bark its 
fool head off without cease, that's for sure! But a bark or two that is 
successfully quieted is not the same.

The training programs have done a really great job, I think, of 
developing rules and a sense of etiquette and teaching their grads to 
use good etiquette in public. Owner-trainers use those same guidelines 
in training and handling their own dogs. Well, most do; just as most 
program grads do. The point of having the service dog is to make life 
easier; public ruckus defeats that goal. So one is pretty motivated to 
do the extra work to achieve the goal by ensuring the dog is fit to be 
in public.

Still... You have me wondering if it would be useful to sort of write up 
a list of rules of etiquette? Two barks, you're out... Or maybe three 
barks, like baseball! /lol/

I dunno... To so many of the guide and other service dog users I know, 
the etiquette seems so obvious... And it flows from a simple sense of 
responsibility. But maybe an Emily Post kinda thing would help more of 
us do better?

Would something like a list of guidelines also be useful in educating 
businesses, JQP (John Q. Public), et al., as well? Hm...

You may be on to something!

Tami

On 08/16/2013 08:44 AM, Ken Ace wrote:
> I know that this may infuriate some members but sometimes we need to think
> outside the box to insure forward movement with less resistance.
>
> As an example, I am of the opinion that if the gun background check
> supporters had tied the approval to ones driver's license or ID that it
> would have passed with flying colors like the organ donor issue.
>
> With that in mind if we had  lets say a "Two Bark" you're out rule it might
> go forward easier and actually I think that is what our real objection is. I
> don't have a problem with a service animal as long as it is quiet and
> seemingly invisible. Just a thought.
>
> K&A
>
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