[nagdu] Service Dog Week

[Tami Jarvis]

I thought of another one!

Is it appropriate for a stranger to challenge a service dog's status and 
ask about the handler's disability or the dog's training?

That seems to be something folks have taken to doing, including service 
dog users, making themselves the service dog police. If the handler 
being so challenged does not stop what they are doing to answer the 
questions, then they are declared fakes! Um... My opinion is that the 
answer, "It's none of your business," is in fact the true answer and has 
no bearing on whether the dog is a service dog or not. Just saying.

Tami

On 07/27/2014 09:16 PM, Nicole Torcolini via nagdu wrote:
> I was hoping that people would reply to this, but oh well. Anyway, I was
> thinking about doing something like posting a fact and a question to
> Facebook/Google+ each day of the week. Something like:
> "According to the ADA, service animals are allowed to accompany their
> handlers in all public places. What questions can a person/business ask if
> it is thought that the dog is not a service dog?"
>
> What types of facts and corresponding questions would people use?
>
> Nicole
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini
> via nagdu
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 7:14 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: [nagdu] Service Dog Week
>
> As mentioned in an email a while back, August 3-9 is Service Dog Week. Is
> anyone planning to do anything, and, if so, what?
>
> Nicole
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