[nagdu] Security check

[Cindy Ray]

If you have a metal hip, you get questioned because it sets off the squawkers. People on the plane don’t really care much how well your dog is trained. If the dog is quiet and well behaved they are impressed; if not, they get annoyed. If you were on the plane with a well trained guide dog, chances are you wouldn’t even know it was on there. It is the law to take the dog along with me, and once you add things to have to do, you get more hassles from people. There are plenty enough of those to go around anyway. If a lot of people are violating our rights, should we be punished for it? 

Cindy

On Jun 15, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Barb breuer via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but I don't see why people are so upset if you are flying or going some place where there are a lot of people.  Is it so wrong for a place to want to make sure that the dog that is would not have is a well trained dog. 
> 
> 
> 
> I can go on line and buy a harness and everything I would need to look like I have a guide dog.  The only thing I would not have is a well trained dog .  
> I get it, we don't want to be questioned  every time you go shopping,  but if I am on an airplane with a dog, I would like to know that the dog has been trained to be in a plane.  
> If you have a metal hip or something like that, you get questioned by  security .
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Carcione via nagdu
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Sent: June 11, 2014 at 9:17 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Security check
> 
> Last night, we went to a concert.  A security person wanted to check over 
> Ben, not sure why, but I let her.  She ran her hands over him, like they do 
> at the airport, then she looked at his ID tags.  Ben has 2:  one with my 
> address, and one saying Seeing Eye and their address.  I think she was 
> confirming that he's a genuine service dog.
> I thought it was funny and a bit odd.  In 34 years, I don't remember anyone 
> ever looking at the school ID tag.
> Tracy
> 
> 
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