[nagdu] Taking Our Dogs To The Zoo

[Lisa Belville]

Elise,  It's more of a perceived safety issue than a genuine problem.  Some 
dogs don't do well around zoo animals and some zoos fear their animals will 
be distracted by the dogs.  Like Cindy said, the NFB has been working with 
zoos to show that dogs can go just about everywhere in a zoo.  I'm not sure 
if I can think of a situation off the top of my head that would be 
completely off limits for a guide at a zoo unless it had to do with a 
petting zoo environment but even then some dogs would be fine with that.

Personally, I wouldn't take my dog right up to a cage because I'm not sure 
how my new dog would react, but that's just me.  someone with more zoo 
experience and knowledge of their dog might do things differently.

Lisa

Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elise Berkley via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "National Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Elise Berkley" <bravaegf at hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 4:05 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Taking Our Dogs To The Zoo


> Hello, everyone.  I was reading the responses regarding taking our dogs 
> through haunted houses.  Someone commented that schools would ask us to 
> not take our dogs to the zoo.  I have a chance to visit the Los Angeles 
> Zoo with a group at school.  I do not understand what the deal is with not 
> taking our dogs to the zoo.  Is there something I am not getting here? 
> Please explain to me why we should or should not take our guides to the 
> zoo.  Thanks.
> Elise and Becky
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