[nagdu] Traveling to Jamaica with a service animal

Tue Feb 12 16:35:51 UTC 2013

Thank you for this Julie.
Mostly I was pointing out the issues when traveling outside the US with your guide dog, not so much with the leaving of dog a lone, but in keep with being careful of what I had asked, and making sure it was a policy or not.
But I was also making sure when traveling outside the country that you are working with a reliable source about it.
By contacting certain departments of that country, and not relying on a pettravelstore or something and please to read the fine print, they did have the permit for $15.00 but again it stated that only dog from the U.K. were allowed, and 9 out of 10 times there are no fees if it is a service animal.
Just a little education and once I get any further updates from the Government of Jamaica I will forward it to NAGDU for  information for the website as well.
Thank you again Julie and NAGDU.

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> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:24:36 -0600
> From: julielj at neb.rr.com
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Traveling to Jamaica with a service animal
> 
> I've never heard of any NAGDU or NFB policy on the general leaving of 
> guide dogs in hotel/guest rooms.  the only thing I know of is the 
> expectation that at a national convention you will not leave your dog 
> unattended in your room.  This wasn't always the case and only came 
> about due to problems and the necessity of damage control.
> 
> The NFB needs the lowest possible room rates to attract people to come 
> to the conventions.  the hotels are more likely to give those low rates 
> if they know the organization will police itself and create minimal 
> issues for other guests.  The nicer guests we are, the more likely we 
> will be asked back and be given attractive rates at the hotel.
> 
> Outside of national conventions, my understanding has always been that 
> NAGDU supports the personal independence, freedom of choice and the 
> inherent responsibility of it's members.  I have always felt like NAGDU 
> believes it's members are adults and will make wise choices with their 
> personal needs in mind.  that doesn't always happen, of course.  But I 
> think generally guide dog handlers make good decisions and when we don't 
> we'll have the opportunity to learn and do better next time.
> 
> I think leaving your guide in a hotel room is a personal choice.   
> Hopefully you will know your guide well enough to know if this is a 
> reasonable option for you.  I would also hope that you'd do a couple 
> trial runs to test your dog in this situation.  I've left Monty in a 
> hotel room for about five minutes while I went literally next door to 
> speak to a fellow traveler.  I could easily hear if Monty barked and 
> could get back within seconds.  He was fine, however I don't think I'd 
> leave him for very long.  I think he'd be upset if someone knocked on 
> the door or if he heard a lot of people talking in the hallway.
> 
> Of course there is also the risk of hotel staff entering your room and 
> letting your dog out or other unforeseen problems.  Like anything else 
> though, I think it's important to weigh the risk and benefits and do 
> what you feel is best for you.
> 
> I think this is an important thing for us to discuss.  It's been a while 
> since it last came up and there are a lot of new people.
> 
> Julie
> 
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