[NAGDU] Service dog in Japan

Dan Weiner dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net
Thu May 11 13:00:29 UTC 2017 

well I do know that when I wanted to have a bank account in Japan I was 
told that I would need a sighted witness for everything, being a 
foreigner worked to my advantage in this case as I insisted. then they 
said I couldn't sign in the Japanese writing system, then they said I 
needed a hanko, a stamp, ( most Japanese, blind or sighted use these 
signing stamps) I got one made and I had my account  but I do understand 
there are problems still. and yes I know it's not dog related so I'll 
stop right here--


On 5/11/2017 7:43 AM, Star Gazer via NAGDU wrote:
> 				Wow Michael, are you serious?! How do they
> accomplish well, just about anything in Japan, or maybe they don't?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hingson
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 5:29 PM
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> Cc: Michael Hingson <mike at michaelhingson.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Service dog in Japan
>
> When I visited Japan in 2012 I was not required to sign a power of attorney
> for Africa. I wonder if this is a new thing?
>
> It is true that, unless something has changed, blind people cannot sign
> legal contracts in Japan.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Michael Hingson
>
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Service dog in Japan
>
> I want to follow this, because a friend of mine is thinking of studying in
> Japan when he goes to Cornell as a sort of year abroad or whatever you call
> it so he'd want to know, I'm glad they didn't do that when I went  to Japan,
> there I think I would have blown a gasket, but then again I was there from
> 2001/2003.
>
>
>
>
> Warmest,
>
> Dan and the Parker Nut
>
>
> On 5/10/2017 3:29 PM, Heather Bird via NAGDU wrote:
>> Oh my god! That is horrifying! Over my dead body! Yes, please. Could
>> someone with legal qualifications please explain for us what that
>> means? I have no problem with the whole IGDF, contacting the Japanese
>> guide dog school thing. However, if that is true about assigning a
>> power of a tourney for your dog, then they can just stuff it and I'll
>> not go, or I'll go without my dog. I am really hoping that this is a
>> misunderstanding, because the implications are really disgusting, not
>> only for what could happen to the dog, but also for how that speaks to
>> how blind people are treated and thought of. Yikes!
>>
>>
>> On 5/10/2017 3:22 PM, Peter Wolf via NAGDU wrote:
>>> 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)
>>>>     2. Re: Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa (Danielle
>>>> Ledet)
>>>>     3. Update On My Girl (Dani Pagador)
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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"
>>>>      <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [NAGDU] travelling to Japan revisited
>>>> Message-ID: <b361c059-9950-4532-353f-073b7ae652d7 at dcwein.cnc.net>
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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>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,    the National Association of Guide Dog
>>>> Users"
>>>>      <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Hello, An Introduction from Heather With Ilsa
>>>> Message-ID:
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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
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>>>>>> 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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