[NAGDU] Going through airport security with your dog

[Wayne And Harley]

If I am traveling with someone I ask that person to hold my dog's leash, go through and then have the dog sent through.If I am traveling solo with my dog, I put him in a sit-stay, walk through and call him through. At no time, with either scenario, do I remove any of my dog's working tack. It is illegal, in fact, for a Security/TSA agent to request that said tack be removed from a Service Dog. 
Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,

Wayne M. Scace 

-------- Original message --------
From: Raven Tolliver via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Date: 12/12/2015  17:51  (GMT-06:00) 
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Cc: Raven Tolliver <ravend729 at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Going through airport security with your dog 

Some people don't mind the pat down or being wanded. I myself prefer
to go through security as quickly as possible without being felt up or
manhandled. So when I go through the scanner, I put my dog in a
down-stay or sit-stay, drape the leash across his back, and walk
through the scanner. I then call him through.
I always take the harness off, but leave the leash and collar on so he
is wearing ID and something to grab onto in the instance of an
emergency, or if he attempts to run off for whatever reason.

I guess if I'd had a negative experience with TSA and my dog, I might
decide to go about things differently. But the day I and my classmates
left Guiding Eyes, the instructors explained to us a simple way of
going through security, we tried it out, and it always works for my
team.
-- 
Raven
Founder of 1AM Editing & Research
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You are valuable because of your potential, not because of what you
have or what you do.

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On 12/12/15, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> If you put the dog at rest and call her through after you've gone, putting
> her on the long leash, they may not have to pat you down.
> Cindy Lou Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com

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