[nagdu] licensing guides

Thu Oct 2 14:32:38 UTC 2014

This is an issue that seems ripe for litigation. Under the law if they charge you a fee for a service dog license it may well be a violation. One could argue the fee must be waived because the ADA does not require a service dog to be licensed and fee’s that normally apply to pets can’t be charged. Further the Government has declared service dogs are not pets but, they are medical equipment. So is the State or local Government going to require people to get a license for a wheelchair? If not then it might not hold up under equal protection under the law? The ADA should prevail because, it states that where there is a conflict between Federal Law and State or Local law the one that is a lesser burden to the disabled person prevails. I have no clue how a Court would rule on this and I am not against a License, I have one for Ziva, it was free and it also has the right to access law on it, so it can be a tool to help with access. I am also not a lawyer. 

Food for thought,

Brett & Ziva
On Oct 2, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Cindy Ray via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> You didn't know because it isn't well enforced unless your dog gets loose. I neer did either until this one. Then were getting stricter here because three cities need to develop a better animal control system. So each April I license them. There was a discount for Fisher the first year; none after that, but really, why should get the licensing free anyway.
> 
> Cindy
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> On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Aleeha Dudley via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Any dog has to be licensed, guide or not. I do agree that guide dog
>> owners should not be charged for our licenses. Abby, unfortunately,
>> you would have to go to the auditors office during 9 to 5 business
>> hours. They may have Saturday hours, but I doubt it. I can do some
>> digging, though.
>> 
>> On 10/2/14, Danielle Antoine via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Wow that's news to me. I never had either of my dogs licensed and
>>> din't know this is necessary. Why?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/2/14, Howard J. Levine via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Why? license the guide dog now. You had your guide dog for over two
>>>> years,
>>>> if the city or state is not asking for it just leave it alone. You can go
>>>> any where in the US and local town or state can not stop yo only one
>>>> state
>>>> can do that is an island in ocean.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J. via
>>>> nagdu
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 5:09 AM
>>>> To: Abigail Bolling; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of
>>>> Guide
>>>> Dog Users
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] licensing guides
>>>> 
>>>> Abigail,
>>>> 
>>>> I actually agree with your trainer, in part.  I'm not sure about the part
>>>> about the dog already being licensed, but I do agree that we shouldn't
>>>> have
>>>> to pay to have a guide dog licensed.  To me the law states that no fees,
>>>> taxes or other money can be charged for the presence of a guide dog.  I
>>>> think this includes my home, public sidewalks, parks etc.  The law is the
>>>> law for Wal-Mart and my local government.  If Wal-Mart can't charge a fee
>>>> for me to have my guide with me in the store, then why is it okay for my
>>>> county to charge me a fee to have my guide in their county?  It doesn't
>>>> add
>>>> up to me.
>>>> 
>>>> Of course, this is my opinion and as you have seen Marion disagrees.
>>>> 
>>>> Julie
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Abigail Bolling via nagdu
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 7:11 PM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] licensing guides
>>>> 
>>>> all right, this may seem strange, bu when I received Jada in January of
>>>> 2012, I was told that I did not have to officially license her in the
>>>> state
>>>> of ohio, that she was already licensed in the US. I was skeptical of the
>>>> information, but since it was a trainer telling me this, I went along
>>>> with
>>>> it.
>>>> Now I am finding out, 2 and a half years later, that this was incorrect
>>>> information. So I ask now, where do I go to get my pup licensed?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Abby and Jada, who is currently taking a nap on my friends bathroom
>>>> floor?
>>>> 
>>>> Abigail Bolling
>>>> 
>>>> Wright Atate University: Social Work
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