[nagdu] pets on a train

[Sheila Leigland]

I totally agree with that. It would make life easier for all of us.

On 3/6/2015 5:33 AM, Buddy Brannan via nagdu wrote:
> Yeah, not to mention allowing well-behaved pets in public places would solve the “fake service dog” problem.
>
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>> On Mar 6, 2015, at 1:23 AM, Raven Tolliver via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> This is not a first by any stretch. There are many places throughout
>> the United States that already allow pets, large and small, on public
>> transportation.
>> Check it out
>> http://www.dogfriendly.com/server/newsletters/features/transportation.shtml
>>
>> This move by Amtrak is a step in the right direction. People will be
>> expected to keep their pets in check by Amtrak and one another, and
>> the people who have animals with foul behavior can be removed or
>> penalized. Also, people have to pay for their pets, it's not like you
>> can just walk on. Let me know if I got that wrong.
>> Hopefully, businesses other than public transport will start making
>> these allowances. I mean businesses outside of dog-friendly
>> communities -- Wal Mart, Target -- businesses like that. There's no
>> reason not to hold people to reasonable standards and high
>> expectations when it comes to bringing their pets out with them.
>> Observing people in dog-friendly communities, most people do a very
>> good job of keeping their animals in check. It's not just the
>> businesses people are worried about offending, but other pet owners.
>> If your dog does something in a business, you could ruin it for
>> everyone. If your dog is a nut job while other people's dogs are
>> well-behaved, it makes you look bad. And so you don't want to be that
>> person -- that person with the noisy dog, that person with the
>> foul-smelling dog, with the dog that is out of control, with the dog
>> that gets up in everybody else's business, that person who doesn't
>> clean up behind their dog. So you are respectful and keep your pet
>> respectable to be unoffensive and to keep from being embarrassed.
>> These are unspoken rules that naturally arise out of simply giving
>> people this freedom.
>> -- 
>> Raven
>> You are valuable because of your potential, not because of what you
>> have or what you do.
>>
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>> On 3/5/15, Buddy Brannan via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> I couldn't disagree with you more. Well-behaved pets, in Buddy's perfect
>>> world, which this ain't, would belong anywhere people wanted to take them.
>>> The key being well-behaved. Naturally, at least in the US, most pets are not
>>> terribly well-behaved, but that's a people thing that could be fixed some
>>> day.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>> Phone: 814-860-3194
>>> Mobile: 814-431-0962
>>> Email: buddy at brannan.name
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>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 5, 2015, at 7:38 PM, S L Johnson via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> What a stupid idea.  Right now they talk about little dogs in carriers
>>>> but,
>>>> the next thing will be all kinds of pet dogs.  We have enough trouble now
>>>> and laws like this will make it much worse.  Pets belong at home!!
>>>>
>>>> Sandra and Eva
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherrill
>>>> O'Brien
>>>> via nagdu
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 2:46 PM
>>>> To: flagdu at nfbnet.org; Nagdu
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] pets on a train
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A couple weeks ago I tried unsuccessfully to send out information about
>>>> this
>>>> proposed legislation, and now it has passed. This link to a Washington
>>>> Post
>>>> article should work. Hopefully, this change in Amtrak policy allowing pets
>>>> on trains won't confuse some Amtrak staff into lumping us in with the pet
>>>> bringers!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sherrill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/03/gop-house-and-
>>>> white-house-agree-on-something-amtrak-funding-and-pets-on-a-train/
>>>>
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