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

[Janice Toothman]

Tom,

Are you wanting to owner train your own puppy as your guide dog because 
the program schools did not accept you.

What if you work on your cane skills as others have suggested in earlier 
posts and reapply to guide dog school once you show them your need.

I do not want to discourage you from working with a puppy in training 
but that is a poor substitute for a working guide dog that would be of 
greater benefit to you.

Janice

On 9/10/2015 10:02 PM, Cindy Ray via nagdu wrote:
> Tom, you are getting a little confusing to me. You were talking about puppy
> raising. That is not the same. That dog would be a dog you were socializing
> and maybe teaching some obedience; it would not be trained. This is what I
> thought you were talking about.
> 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: Thursday, September 10, 2015 5:52 PM
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> Cc: Tom Hunter <tomhunter at operamail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Washington DC metro area puppies (add Rockville ADA)
>
> Update: I talked on phone, with someone with the ADA branch in Rockville, MD
> (The county seat of my house) and she confirmed:
>
> Any dog I have, trained to help me (including trained by me) who is an
> assistance animal for me, who has a disability (I am legally blind)
>
> would therefore be allowed in any public place, per ADA?
> --
>    Tom Hunter
>    tomhunter at operamail.com
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015, at 10:25 PM, Cindy Ray via nagdu wrote:
>> Tom, instead of making that decision, talk to whatever entity you are
>> working with to see how their raisers do this. You might find some
>> surprises
>> out there.
>> 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: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 7:41 PM
>> To: Debby Phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>; 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)
>>
>> Thanks, Debby
>>
>> I will check in Maryland and the idea of getting a future guide dog may
>> not
>> work for me, since the pup would have to be on public transport at times.
>>   I
>> don't drive, since 2012 when I fell off my bicycle, and am legally blind.
>> --
>>    Tom Hunter
>>    tomhunter at operamail.com
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015, at 10:53 PM, Debby Phillips wrote:
>>> Hi Tom, in general, no.  A pup in training does not have the same
>>> status as a service dog.  You would have to check with your state
>>> to see if they allow pups in training the same access as service
>>> dogs.    Debby
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