[NAGDU] In-depth: KRON4 shows you how easy it is to get your dog labeled an emotional support animal

[Jordan Gallacher]

There is one of those organizations about an hour down the road from me, and when I have written to them I never got a responce.
Jordan

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> On Apr 30, 2018, at 4:28 PM, Ricky Joe Cook via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> This has smoke coming out my ears.
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> Ricky Joe
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> -----Original Message----- From: Ginger Kutsch via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 9:56 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: Ginger Kutsch
> Subject: [NAGDU] In-depth: KRON4 shows you how easy it is to get your dog labeled an emotional support animal
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> In-depth: KRON4 shows you how easy it is to get your dog labeled an
> emotional support animal
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> By: Michelle Kingston
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> April 27, 2018
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> (KRON) - Want to bring your dog on a plane? Or do you live in an apartment
> complex that doesn't allow pets?
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> Anyone claiming an emotional need can go online, and for a relatively small
> fee, they can register their dog as an emotional support animal.
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> Some say that this is fraud, especially when you can jump on Amazon, and in
> a matter of hours, have a "service dog" vest shipped to your front door.
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> On Friday night, KRON4's Michelle Kingston and her puppy dasher show just
> how easy the process really is.
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> Dasher is a 2-year-old pit bull puppy mix. He's big, but he's cute and
> cuddly and an absolute love.
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> But he isn't fully trained, and sometimes, other dogs and people make him
> nervous.
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> He is definitely not qualified to be an emotional support animal, not yet
> anyway, but Michelle went online to register him to see if he'd pass the
> test.
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> But once she got on usdogregistry.org, she realized there wasn't a test at
> all.
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> All Michelle had to do was type in her name, Dasher's name, and give her
> credit card information.
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> She didn't have to say why she needs an emotional support animal or provide
> proof of a doctor's note of any mental condition.
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> Dasher's $79 emotional support animal certification will arrive in the mail
> in about a week, with free shipping.
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> "No, I feel like everybody's entitled to their own, you know, if that's
> their business, then you know, if that's why they need them, then that's why
> they need them," Valladares said.
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> On Thursday night, KRON4 met Dana Valladares.
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> She used the same website as she did to register her dog.
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> Unlike Michelle, Dana says she suffers from depression and certified her dog
> to help her anxiety. She registered her dog Dasher just to see how easy the
> process really is.
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> She was even able to buy a service dog vest on Amazon without any
> explanation.
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> "It makes me feel just very disappointed," said Theresa Stern, who is
> visually impaired. "I guess in society that people are comfortable about
> lying about something as personal to them as whether or not they have a
> disability simply to have their pet dog accompany them in public, and that
> is really infringing on my rights and has become a real challenge to other
> people who really do have a disability and really need the assistance of a
> service animal."
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> Usdogregistry.org is just one of many websites you can use to certify your
> dog.
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> KRON4 reached out to them to ask why they certify dogs without even knowing
> why their owners need that emotional support--or if the dog is properly
> trained. They said they provide identification kits 'to be used to
> communicate to others that the dogs service a medical need or are assisting
> their handlers and that they are not pets.
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> The handlers are still responsible for ensuring that their dogs meet the
> appropriate training requirements and do not behave inappropriately in
> public places.
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> The handlers are also responsible for ensuring that they have qualifying
> disabilities and documentation, if applicable.
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> And as far as Dasher's registration, Michelle will be throwing it out as
> soon as it arrives in the mail.
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> Source:
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> http://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/in-depth-kron4-shows-you-how-easy-it-is-t
> o-get-your-dog-labeled-an-emotional-support-animal/1148068049
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