[nagdu] Retired Guides; Do the same access laws apply?

[Julie J.]

The factors that make a dog a service dog are:
*is the dog individually trained to mitigate a disability?
a retired guide is still trained to do specific tasks.  If the training is 
kept up and the dog can reliably perform disability related tasks, then this 
item is met.
*does the handler have a disability?
the answer here is yes
*does the dog perform tasks that mitigate the handler's disability?
the answer here is maybe.   If you still work the dog sometimes or alternate 
between dogs, then I'd say both are service dogs.  If you never work the 
dog, then he's not mitigating your disability and is no longer a service 
dog.

HTH
Julie
Courage to Dare: A Blind Woman's Quest to Train her Own Guide Dog is now 
available! Get the book here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QXZSMOC
Visit my new website on developing courage and living authentically:
http://www.falling-up.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Chaim B. Segal via nagdu
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:19 PM
To: seeingeye-l at list.web.net
Cc: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Retired Guides; Do the same access laws apply?

Hi All on both lists:

Chaim Segal here. It looks as though I will likely need to move out of my 
current house in the nearly immediate future, as my mother needs to enter 
senior care. At present time, my current earnings are not enough to sustain 
rent in our current town-house. Therefore, I need to weigh my options when 
moving myself and my wife out into an apartment. Our current apartment 
manager has been gracious, and has not charged us an extra pet deposit for 
Keeper (my third guide) once he retired. We only pay a deposit for our cat 
which my wife and I purchased as a kitten around six years ago. This being 
said, I have been hearing conflicting information throughout the years.

At some point back in the 90s, I thought I once heard that a retired guide 
dog has the same access rules regarding rent and access that a currently 
working guide has. I was surprised to hear that. I was not considering the 
fact that I would need to know for sure some day.

   Earlier this year, my mother and I attempted to take both Keeper and 
Yahtzee (current guide) to the vet on paratransit. The driver insisted that 
Keeper must be in a carrier while riding the bus. Officials at Greater 
Dayton RTA backed her up. At the time, I did not pursue the matter, because 
the driver in question is uncomfortable with dogs to begin with.

So, I now need to know one way or the other, in order to determine how many 
pet deposits will need to be paid. The best I could hope for is to find a 
place where pets are welcome without a silly deposit or fee. But, is Keeper 
considered a pet, or does he still have higher status despite his 
retirement?

Thanks!

Chaim

Chaim B. Segal
Customer Service Representative
Sinclair Community College
E-mail: chaimsegal at sbcglobal.net

Every man, woman, every boy and girl,
Let your love light shine, make a better world.
[Daryl Hall & John Oates

_______________________________________________
nagdu mailing list
nagdu at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/julielj%40neb.rr.com