[NAGDU] Service dog in Japan

Peter Wolf pwolf1 at wolfskills.com
Wed May 10 19:22:42 UTC 2017


We have decided not to go to Japan with service dogs, because aside from their requirements, we read  that a traveler must also sign over power of attorney for the animal to the authorities upon entry.  My legal understand of this means if for any reason, someone whether for wholesome reasons or not, decides not to let you have your dog, it’s no longer your dog.  

I’d appreciate comments from someone who understands legality. 
Thanks, 
Peter


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>   1. travelling to Japan revisited (Dan Weiner)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 18:07:00 -0400
> From: Dan Weiner <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Subject: [NAGDU] travelling to Japan revisited
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> Hello, beautiful people and dogs.
> 
> Dan here.
> 
> Well I think the subject of guide dogs in Japan and traveling their 
> accompanied by a guide dog was dealt with recently.
> 
> By coincidence I've been in contact with a very energetic, resourceful 
> and intelligent  young guy from NYC who wants to maybe study or visit 
> there.  He has a guide dog and though I went from 2001 to 2003 my info 
> is of course  not up to date. His vet actually seems very knowledgeable 
> and had to apparently help another client with a service dog...but I 
> thought he might find it useful to speak with someone who has traveled 
> there more recently than I.  Anyone who has done this, I seem to 
> remember there was one person who had, let me know if you're willing to 
> be in touch with this fellow.
> 
> 
> Apparently it would seem that one additional requirement since my days 
> of stomping around there was that if you have a guide dog you must have 
> info sent to the Japan guide Dog Association from your school so they 
> issue you a temporary guide dog id, the JGDa is a guide dog school, I 
> will refrain form making comments on this as I had to deal with the 
> beginnings of that process when I wetn there. Suffice it to say that 
> they want your school to be affiliated to the International Federation 
> of Guide Dog Schools and if not they seem not interested in issuing this 
> card.  So, though the Japan restrictions puzzle and annoy me, I do want 
> to help this guy if he is determined to have this experience and want 
> him to be successful.
> 
> So anyone wants to talk to him or to me, my email:
> 
> 
> dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net
> 
> 
> I'll give out his contact only on request.
> 
> 
> Most sincerely,
> 
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 17:19:53 -0600
> From: Danielle Ledet <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa
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> Welcome Heather. You will fit right in here. Now all we gotta do is
> get Raven Tolliver back talking and we'll have a nice balance!
> 
> On 5/6/17, margo Downey via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Well, Heather and Ilsa, you all know by now that you can reply and it'll go
>> everywhere Nagdu people are.  (smile).
>> 
>> Margo and Isis
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Heather Bird via
>> NAGDU
>> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 10:34 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Cc: Heather Bird
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa
>> 
>>     Oh, yay! Its a Margo and an Isis. You can be my ghinny pig. I am
>> trying to figure out if reply goes to just the sender or to the whole list.
>> If no one else on list replies to this, then I will know that it went to
>> you only. I know some lists require you to hit reply all to get it to the
>> list, and others have the default of reply going to the whole list.
>> 
>> 
>> PS, Ilsa says "Hey, Isis, tell your mommy not to go donating any more money
>> to my crazy mom. She dragged me to this silly park and there was this nice
>> walk we went on, but then she made me do the loop again, and then this even
>> smaller loop around the pond. She wouldn't let me chew on the ducks or the
>> geese and there were all of these other rude people running who wouldn't
>> let me catch up with them and be first. Maybe if people stop giving my
>> mommy money she'll not make me do that again."
>> *wagging* "Nah, actually it was really fun, maybe you come walk with us
>> next year, just don't try to retrieve the ducks. Rusti says ducks are for
>> retrieving, but I think they look like more for chewing. You're a Labrador,
>> well, you're a cross, so you be our tie breaker, are ducks for retrieving
>> or for chewing? PSST, say chewing, or I'll chew on your ears a little when
>> I see you at convention. Kidding, sort of." *more wagging*"
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/5/2017 10:26 PM, margo Downey via NAGDU wrote:
>>> Hey, Heather, welcome!
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of The
>>> Pawpower Pack via NAGDU
>>> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 4:53 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Cc: The Pawpower Pack
>>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa
>>> 
>>> Hello Heather!
>>> Welcome to the list.  I'm Rox, am Deafblind, and my current working
>>> service dog is Soleil, a 6 year old yellow lab.  She is owner trained.
>>> I also have Laveau, a 10 year old Doberman who still works from time
>>> to time, so Soleil can practice staying home alone!  WE also share our
>>> home with Mill'E, who is a almost 15 year old golden.  Sometimes
>>> Mill'E makes me put the harness on her so she can stand around and
>>> feel official but mostly her job is to keep my feet warm.
>>> We live in New Orleans where I am an independent contractor doing any
>>> number of different things.
>>> Hope you enjoy the list!
>>> 
>>>  Rox and the kitchen Bitches:
>>> Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
>>> Pawpower4me at gmail.com
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On May 5, 2017, at 2:57 PM, Jen via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Heather,
>>>> 
>>>> Welcome! My name is Jen. Although I am not a guide dog user, I am
>>>> interested in all things guide dog! I look forward to your posts.
>>>> 
>>>> spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Heather
>>>> Bird via NAGDU
>>>> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 3:26 PM
>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>> Cc: Heather Bird <heather.l.bird at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: [NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa
>>>> 
>>>> Hello. My name is Heather and I have a Seeing Eye dog named Ilsa. She
>>>> is a black and tan German Shepherd Dog. She just turned two around
>>>> Thanks Giving of 2016. She is my second guide from the Seeing Eye, my
>>>> fourth GSD. I have previously had shepherds from Fidelco Guide Dog
>>> Foundation.
>>>> I am a mother of two boys, who are both visually impaired. My mother
>>>> is also blind and also a guide dog handler. My husband and my father
>>>> are both sighted. I am a member of NYAGDU, as are my mother and my
>>> husband.
>>>> I am also the chapter president for our local NFB chapter in
>>>> Rochester
>>> NY.
>>>> Ilsa is very bright, a bit softer than my first TSE shepherd, Frieda,
>>>> but just as smart. My husband has an owner-trained psychiatric
>>>> service dog, a seven-year-old smooth coat collie named Dante. He is a
>>>> sable and he is a very soft, very intuitive sweet dog. My mother has
>>>> a black lab named Octane from the Seeing Eye. I have her permission
>>>> to disclose this fact and as many of my best guide dog stories
>>>> involve both her and my dogs, you may see mention of Octane from time to
>> time.
>>>> 
>>>> I am also a member of IAADP. I am an attachment parent, student of
>>>> social work, stay-at-home mom and a member of API, and LLLI. I am
>>>> supportive of owner trainers, handlers of small breed service dogs,
>>>> handlers with invisible disabilities. I am a big advocate of informed
>>>> choice in guide dog training program selection, and a big proponent
>>>> of the rights and responsibilities of all service dog handlers.
>>>> 
>>>> That's the nuts and bolts of me as a handler. Please feel free to ask
>>>> if you have any additional questions.
>>>> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 01:32:18 -1000
> From: Dani Pagador <axs.brl at gmail.com>
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [NAGDU] Update On My Girl
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> Hi, Everyone.
> Peg was on Deremaxx and her limp seemed more pronounced, she seemed
> more anxious, and wasn't right digestively. I asked the doctor what
> the other alternative was, and she said I could either go back to
> Previcox or try Rimadyl. I opted for the Rimadyl, though she did well
> on the Previcox.
> 
> She's been on the new meds for a week, but her appetite's been sketchy
> at best. She threw up Sunday night and Monday morning, and doc put her
> on a bland diet. She ate willingly, but I had to make homemade broth
> and rice--she wouldn't touch the canned stuff.
> 
> Her loss of appetite started Thursday, though she drank water and
> wanted to go out. She didn't seem dehydrated, but by Saturday I was
> worked something was up. David took her to the vet and we found out
> that her kidneys are functioning at 25 percent. She's being given
> fluids at home, is drinking, and hardly eats.
> 
> We take her back to the vet tomorrow, but David and I talked about
> needing to let her go. She's herself mentally, but not physically.
> It's been hard to watch her not eat, and I can't see having to watch
> her starve herself just so selfish Dani can keep her girl around.
> 
> I'm trying to write this without crying, but it hits hard at
> unexpected moments. What did I not see? She's been on kidney diet food
> since December, and doc says kidney failure comes in older dogs.
> 
> She's lived a good long life, has been, and still is faithful, and
> will always be my girl. Tight-fisted Dani wants to squeeze every last
> moment she can get with Peg. Am I being mean to keep her around? Will
> I be a bad Mom to put her to sleep just because she won't be able to
> eat and things will get harder for her, bah the no-pain-for-CRF-thing.
> 
> All of this to ask you guys to hold your babies close, love them long,
> and love them hard.
> 
> More Later,
> Dani, rambling, struggling with herself, grateful for your support
> 
> 
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