[NAGDU] Churches and service dogs

[S L Johnson]

Hello:

When I was a soloist and choir member of a church that did recordings and 
live broadcasts I had a collar for my dog that did not have any tags on it. 
It is the rattling that can be picked up by sensitive microphones especially 
for someone on the stage or choir loft.  I found that a nylon slip collar 
worked the best for these situations.  If your harness rattles too much just 
wrap tape around the clips during the service and then it can be easily 
removed afterwards.  I was luck that my dog was from Seeing Eye and in those 
days they had leather clip covers that made her harness very quiet.  With 
that and her nylon collar she was not heard at all even during Christmas and 
Easter when we had several choir processions during the services.  When I 
would move forward to where the soloists stood you could not hear her over 
the microphones.  I also kept her nails clipped very short so those could 
not be heard on the marble floors.  I worked her with hand signals so verbal 
commands would not be picked up by the microphones.

Sandra Johnson
SLJohnson25 at comcast.net

-----Original Message----- 
From: Aaron Cannon via NAGDU
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 6:14 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Aaron Cannon
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Churches and service dogs

Hi.

The current policy is that service dogs are welcome everywhere, except 
events that are being recorded and/or broadcast, and in the temple. Since 
the vast majority of Church meetings are not recorded or broadcast, the only 
restriction that is likely to regularly impact members is the restrictions 
on the temple.

Aaron

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> On Sep 30, 2017, at 22:30, Sheila via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi, We have taken our guides to several churches and have had no problems
> but I won't attend a church in which I can't use my guide. I'm on the
> worship team and always have Tres with me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara Briggs via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 10:57 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Tara Briggs <thflute at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Churches and service dogs
>
> Hi everyone! On a previous thread, we have been talking about the
> experiences of people with service dogs and churches. In particular, I 
> have
> talked about my experience with the Mormon church, or Church of Jesus 
> Christ
> of latter-day Saints, and their policies towards service animals. I am
> curious what other people's experiences have been have you had positive
> experiences? What have they been like? Have you had negative experiences?
> How have you dealt with them? I look forward to any replies to this topic!
> Tara
>
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