[nagdu] Emergency vehicles

[Larry D Keeler]

The way they do it up here is they have the dog ride in the back. Every time 
Holly rides in an ambulance she rides in the back. Apparently, the drivers 
worry about thde dogs up front because they need to concentrate on driving 
and they consider unpredictable.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Weiner via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 2:51 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Emergency vehicles


> Hi to all.
> Well I hope that anyone who went to the NFB convention here in Orlando had 
> a
> great time.
> I went but something happened which made things a bit more complicated.
> My Mom was there with me and her blood sugar went very very low, (she has
> diabetes) and I had to call paramedics from the hotel.
> They came right away and were very efficient.
> Now here's the question:
> They wanted to take her in an ambulance but said they weren't sure about 
> my
> dog, they knew about service animals and loved the idea, but they said in
> quotes"they didn't have a way to secure him".
> I felt I was not in a position to argue as my Mom was incoherent and had
> been having convulsions,  so I followed in a taxi.
> So the question is, what is the scoop on guide dogs in emergency vehicles
> like ambulances.
>
> God news is my Mom is doing well and though she is still in the hospital 
> she
> is in good spirits and sounds normal to me, they are just checking out her
> heart because they thought they saw something on the chest X-ray.
>
> Anyway, any thoughts would be useful because I was not sure of my rights 
> and
> didn't feel I should press it without being sure.
>
> Yours,
>
> Dan and the parker Dog
>
>
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