[nagdu] Greyhound trip with a guide dog

[Marion Gwizdala]

Noah,
	
	The fact that you will be traveling with a guide dog is irrelevant
as to your access. Some will have opinions to offer in answer to your
questions. My first comment is that providing advance notice is not only
unnecessary, it tends to create problems rather than  resolve them. They
cannot require you to give such notice, cannot require you to sit in a
specific seat, or any other particular practices. I find that the best place
to sit on the bus is wherever your dog best fits. I do find that the seat
behind the driver tends to not be the best one. It seems that it is where
the fire extinguisher is and this actually reduces the space available for
the dog.

	You will likely have plenty of opportunity to relieve your dog, as
they will have meal breaks and this will afford you the opportunity to
relieve yourself and your dog. How accommodating drivers are tends to be
inconsistent. For the most part, they are fairly accommodating; however, we
are currently dealing with an issue in which a blind person had an issue. If
you have any problems, please do not hesitate to call the NAGDU hotline at
888-NAGDU411 (888-624-3841).

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala


 

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Beckman, Noah G.
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Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 7:42 PM
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Subject: [nagdu] Greyhound trip with a guide dog

Hello listors,
                In a few days, I will be taking a rather lengthy trip by
Greyhound bus.  It has been years since my last Greyhound bus trip and it
will be my first with a dog.  Naturally, I have a few questions for listors
with more Greyhound experience than me.
Firstly, is there a certain seat location on the bus that is optimal, and
are there any seat locations I should avoid?  How do you position your dog
while on the bus?  Where do you relieve your dog during lay overs?  Finally,
how accommodating and agreeable have you found drivers and other Greyhound
staff to be especially in regard to helping locate important things like
relieving areas or transfer buses?  If you have any Grayhound advice, even
if it is unrelated to these questions, I would welcome that as well.  It
might be helpful to know that Mia is a 50 pound lab, which makes positioning
her relatively easy.

Thanks a lot,

Noah
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