[nagdu] Therapy dog

Mon Jun 29 01:21:53 UTC 2015

Cindy, 
This sounds like TDI— Therapy Dogs International.  This is their nation wide policy for all service dogs.  I know some people are trying to fight it. 
I agree, it's not anyone's business but yours if you decide to have your dog do therapy work.   

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> On Jun 28, 2015, at 4:58 PM, Cindy Ray via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Well, I can't remember the name of the agency; I will have to ask again next
> time I go to the hospital to volunteer as a chaplain. They are one of the
> bigger ones in the country I think. They said that the dog would have to
> have retired as a guide because it would confuse the dog if it switched
> between guiding and a role of therapy dog. I kind of suggested that this
> might be my decision and that I thought he was plenty capable of telling the
> difference, and they got just a little snarky with me.
> Cindy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Applebutter Hill
> via nagdu
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 4:53 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Applebutter Hill
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Therapy dog
> 
> Even with the harness off, it's still a guide dog, and harnesses are not
> necessary for service dog accessibility to apply, if they're trying to claim
> that. Who are they anyway to tell you what functions your service dog can or
> cannot perform? Are they guide dog trainers? This just sounds like prejudice
> to me.
> Donna & Hunter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
> nagdu
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 4:21 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Cindy Ray
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Therapy dog
> 
> Except that the therapy dog program that refused me the opportunity to
> certify my dog said that it confuses the dogs if they are doing both guide
> work and therapy work. For instance, in a hospital, you would take the
> harness off and let the person love on them or whatever, and at that point
> the dog would not be a guide. Now, theoretically, in the read program you
> would be taking off the harness. Of course, I'm just playing devil's
> advocate there because I think it should all be a no brainer, and with those
> kind of credentials and a well trained dog I don't see the difference
> either.
> Cindy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jody Ianuzzi via
> nagdu
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:31 AM
> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
> Cc: Jody Ianuzzi
> Subject: [nagdu] Therapy dog
> 
> Hello Karla and all,
> 
> I have been thinking of Karla's post and I have a few ideas I would like to
> share.
> 
> First of all and most important is the issue of therapy dog.  The purpose of
> getting a therapy dog certification is to be able to take a dog places where
> a pet dog is not allowed.  A guide dog already has this certification.  To
> be a READ dog the dog sits quietly and pays attention to the child who is
> reading. 
> A guide dog would do this.    Therefore the whole idea of getting the 
> certification is totally unnecessary.
> 
> As for safety, I love the way schools always throw that out as a barrier to
> anything they don't like.  Some schools even say a blind child can't use a
> white cane for safety reasons.  This is just hysteria to put up another
> barrier.
> 
> As for Karla's qualifications, they should be thrilled to have a PhD and
> retired professor assisting with their students.  Instead they don't
> understand how a blind person can help a child read.  Really?  Give me a
> break.  When my children were learning to read they would read out loud to
> me and when they came to a word they didn't know I would have them spell it
> and we would sound it out together.  Again, the school is putting up another
> barrier.
> 
> So lets remove all the barriers and what do we have left?  Plain and simple 
> prejudice.   If it were me I would first decide if I really wanted to be in 
> such an environment or if there were a better place to volunteer where I
> would be appreciated like the public library reading program.  If I decided
> to fight the prejudice I would first  talk to the person putting up all the
> barriers and I would tell them exactly how I felt discriminated against by
> their behavior.  If they still insisted on their position I would go to the
> next level up all the way to the Superintendent of schools and if they still
> closed the door to me I would contact the media.
> 
> Just my two cents but really the therapy dog certification is not the issue
> here.
> 
> JODY ??
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