[NAGDU] traveling with your guide dog

[Christopher O'meally]

Good afternoon.  What I have found is that pretty much no matter what
you do, security at any airport is going to want to take a look at
your dog, as well as what the dog is wearing.  They have never made me
let go of my leash, and here is the way I normally do things.
Stands at scanner.
Puts dog into sit on left side at scanner.
Long leashes dog and keeps dog in sit by scanner.
Walk through scanner while extending my arm and insuring that the
leash does not pass through scanner.
When security tells me to, I bring my dog through the scanner, knowing
it will alarm no matter what I do.
Next, security takes a briefe look at my dog and I'm on my way.
That seems to be the best way I know how to do it, and sadly I don't
know of any way to keep them from fussing with your dog totally.  Hope
this helps.

On 7/23/17, Gabriel Moloney via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>  hi
> thanks for your response to my question, yes, my guide does not like
> strangers going near him, kyes i know that they have to carry out their
> duties in the airport, however i wish that staff would not over do it
> sometimes especially in the airport that i fly from so i will be putting my
> foot down, but in a very respectful f=way and i hope security staff will do
> the same and give me the same respect. again cheers for your feed back
>
>> On 23 Jul 2017, at 22:23, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know of any way to avoid the guide being patted down. You just
>> put
>> him at sit and they pat him down. It is painless unless your dog takes
>> exception. I may be slow on these things, but I have always figured
>> cooperation is the best route on that one.
>> Cindy Lou Ray
>> cindyray at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel
>> Moloney
>> via NAGDU
>> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 7:23 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Gabriel Moloney <gmoloney6467 at googlemail.com>
>> Subject: [NAGDU] traveling with your guide dog
>>
>> Hi All
>> I am just curious when traveling with your guide dog more so when flying
>> either flights in the U.S. or international flights.  What type of tricks
>> do
>> people use when going through the metal scanner so it does not go off and
>> security inform you that they are going to have to pad your guide down.
>> I
>> am flying to U.S. fairly soon and I do not want security to mess around
>> with
>> my guide, so any tips would be great.
>> cheers
>> gabriel
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Christopher O’Meally.

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