[nagdu] Dogs at work

[Craig Heaps]

I would ask the schools for advice.  They deal with countless situations, 
likely more than anyone in this forum deals with.

My employer is very acoomodatiing.  I am able to have Chase sleep on a bed 
next to my desk.  It was part of the accomodation I requested -- that my 
desk be in a low traffic area where he could have a bed.  They also gave me 
a locker next to my own where I can store his bed when I leave work.

You might have to frame his proximity to you as an issue of accomodation 
under the ADA,.  But I am not an expert in the law or in accomodation for 
guide dogs.

Craig and Chase


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannon Dyer" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs at work


> First of all, what kind of work do you do? If you do something involving 
> food, I think there are regulations that state how close the dog can be to 
> the actual food. I'm not sure about that.
>
> My dogs have always been near me when I've worked. The only exception was 
> when I did home visits. I didn't think it was appropriate to bring her 
> into people's homes. Normally though, my dogs have hung out quite 
> comfortably under my desk.
>
> Shannon and the Acelet
> On Dec 1, 2013, at 9:50 PM, barbandzoe at comcast.net wrote:
>
>>
>> I am almost ready to send my application in to a couple of guide Dog 
>> schools, when my boss said,  we would have to crate the dog on a 
>> different floor then the one i work on.  I don't know about you, but I am 
>> not happy about that, and don't like it.   I don't want the dog somewhere 
>> that I can't keep an eye on things.  I don't know who can go up where the 
>> dog is and bother him.  If I can't have my dog where I know what is going 
>> on around him, then I don't think I will apply for one.
>> Am I wrong in this thinking, or do many people who have dogs have them 
>> crated far away from where you work.  I know that guide dogs are a loud 
>> everywhere, but what are rules for where they are kept while at work.
>>
>> I just don't know what to do.
>>
>> Barb
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