[nagdu] Washington DC metro area puppies (add Rockville ADA)

[Tom Hunter]

OK, thanks, Tracy.

I am legally blind, but not blind enough to get teamed with a guide dog.
Dogs in training, would be denied access? I am not being 'helped' by a
puppy, though I do have a disability myself, being legally blind?

I will ask MetroAcess if I could take a guide-dog-to-be, with me.  If
not, someone who can drive a car can volunteer, and I'll stay out of it.
-- 
  Tom Hunter
  tomhunter at operamail.com


On Tue, Sep 8, 2015, at 12:24 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
> Hi Tom.
> No, dogs in training do not have the same access as fully-trained service
> dogs, because it is the disabled person who has the access right to be
> accompanied by a dog trained to help him or her. A dog in training is not
> actually helping a disabled person, and a business can keep it out or let
> it in on their whim.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> > Raven, the context is, Montgomery County, MD has a Hero Dog puppy
> > raising offer to volunteer, but it involves going north of Olney weekly,
> > where MetroAccess does not go. I could take a cab there and back, if my
> > wife is unavailable to drive me. Some taxi drivers don't like pups in
> > cab? Is a future service animal the same as a guide dog, in that
> > respect?
> >
> > Thanks to anyone who knows,
> > --
> >   Tom Hunter
> >   tomhunter at operamail.com
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015, at 01:26 AM, Raven Tolliver via nagdu wrote:
> >> Sorry about that previous message. That was a mistake.
> >>
> >> Tom, your question doesn't provide us with context. How is that
> >> transportation route related to obtaining a puppy to raise to become a
> >> service dog? Even if you didn't have access to public transportation,
> >> it would still be a possibility, provided you met the particular
> >> program's requirements.
> >> --
> >> Raven
> >> Founder of 1AM Editing & Research
> >> www.1am-editing.com
> >>
> >> You are valuable because of your potential, not because of what you
> >> have or what you do.
> >>
> >> Naturally-reared guide dogs
> >> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/nrguidedogs
> >>
> >> On 9/8/15, Raven Tolliver <ravend729 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On 9/7/15, Cindy Ray via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> >> Is that a place where service dogs are produced? I am guessing you
> >> would
> >> >> have to contact them. Hope someone will be more helpful to you than
> >> that.
> >> >> Cindy Lou Ray
> >> >> cindyray at gmail.com
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tom Hunter
> >> via
> >> >> nagdu
> >> >> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2015 5:09 PM
> >> >> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> >> >> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Cc: Tom Hunter <tomhunter at operamail.com>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Washington DC metro area puppies (add Rockville
> >> ADA)
> >> >>
> >> >> I emailed Tracy back, but to the group I ask another question:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.adainfo.org/ has a branch in Rockville, Maryland, which I
> >> can
> >> >> reach on the Red Line Metro. Any tips?
> >> >> --
> >> >>   Tom Hunter
> >> >>   tomhunter at operamail.com
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
> >> >>> Hi Tom.
> >> >>> Just out of curiosity, whose program have you asked?  I didn't think
> >> >>> there
> >> >>> were any schools close enough to DC to raise puppies there.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I happened to meet a raiser on vacation recently, and she said they
> >> keep
> >> >>> puppies while their usual raisers go on vacation and such.  That
> >> seems
> >> >>> an
> >> >>> excellent way to get one's feet wet with puppy-raising, so to speak.
> >>  I
> >> >>> might like to do that, someday.
> >> >>> Tracy
> >> >>>
> >> >>>