[nagdu] Fake Service Dogs

[Julie J.]

Well, I absolutely think locking up all the people with any hint of mental 
illness is the      wrong way to go.  I think that was the main point to the 
message you are referring to.  I think I also said that if a dog can help 
someone, while not causing problems for others, then great.

the law states, in order for a service dog to be a legal service dog, it has 
to meet two conditions:
1. it has to be individually trained to perform a service to it's disabled 
handler to mitigate said disability
2. it cannot be a health or safety risk  or cause disruptions to the normal 
flow of business

If folks with service dogs for some sort of mental illness, or any 
disability really, cannot meet these two criteria, then out they go.   This 
seems very straightforward to me.  I don't want to get into the details of 
every person I encounter who has a service dog.   It's not my business.  All 
I want is to be able to live my life, shopping, dropping things at the post 
office, doing my work, browsing the farmers market...whatever boring people 
do without a kerfuffle from another dog, pet,  service dog  or trained 
monkey.  That's it.  If their dog is behaved I don't care where it came 
from, what it does or what the person's needs are.   It's not my place to 
judge.

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Debby Phillips
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 7:40 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users ; 
nagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: julielj at neb.rr.com
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fake Service Dogs

Hi Julie, I agree with you, but I do have some concerns.  I know
a fellow here who has a dog from a program.  He definitely has
some mental issues.  He loves his dog, no doubt about it.  But I
really question whether he is truly capable of caring for it,
keeping its training and making the dog behave.  I truly do not
know what the answer is.  This dog comes from a very reputable
school, that has a special needs program.  My question is how do
they (the schools) determine whether someone is mentally able to
properly care for a dog? I'm not trying to be mean, I just am
concerned because of what I have seen with him and his dog, and
with some other people here who claim that their dogs are service
dogs, but they clearly cannot handle the dog.    Debby and Nova


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