[NAGDU] Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad service dog looks on

[Cindy Ray]

Tami, it was about cute Golden Retriever puppies being born to a service
animal in the airport, and the service animal part added strength to it. And
daddy dog was there, too and is also a service animal. Oh, I can't wait
until this new wave gets going.
Cindy Lou Ray
cindyray at gmail.com


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To: Deb and the girls via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad
service dog looks on

The dogs may not have been from an organization. The lack of availability
and the expense of obtaining many other types of service dogs means the
percentage of dogs that are owner-trained or trained by a private trainer is
much higher than with guide dogs.

There's a lot of debate these days about spaying and neutering, the possible
health risks, etc. The debate has been going on for a few years at least, so
it now involves a lot of etc. A lot of people now firmly believe that
spaying/neutering is bad for the dog, so I suppose that includes some
service dog users. Which is to say that, yeah, we just might see more of
that sort of thing.

The article didn't mention whether the pregnancy of the mother dog was
intentional on the part of the owners or not, but that's not what the
article was about. Cute golden retriever puppies in an airport! /lol/ My
opinion of the whole affair is not high, but I don't know enough to form an
intelligent opinion, so I'll have to wonder until something else comes up in
my day.

Tami

On 05/25/2018 05:58 PM, Deb and the girls via NAGDU wrote:
> Don't other service dog organizations know they are supposed to spay the
> females before they go out with the handler?  I can see we will have more
of
> this kind of thing happening. Lord help us.
> 
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> Subject: [NAGDU] Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad
> service dog looks on
> 
> Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad service dog looks
on
> 
> By Cristopher Spata May 25, 2018
> 
>
http://www.tampabay.com/news/Mom-service-dog-has-puppies-in-Tampa-airport-wh
> ile-dad-service-dog-looks-on_168575820
> 
>   
> 
> TAMPA - Travelers killing time at Tampa International Airport's Gasparilla
> Bar got an unexpected show Friday when a dog gave birth to eight puppies
> near Gate F81.
> 
>   
> 
> The 2-year-old golden retriever, Eleanor Rigby, owner Diane Van Atter, and
> the puppies' father, Golden Nugget, were waiting to board an afternoon
> flight home to Philadelphia when the dog went into labor.
> 
>   
> 
> They missed the flight, and for the next three hours created a fuzzy
> spectacle as crowds gathered with phones trying to capture the scene.
> 
>   
> 
> The puppies were delivered with assistance from Tampa Fire Rescue
paramedics
> stationed at the airport, as well as a nurse who had to leave halfway
though
> the delivery to catch her own flight.
> 
>   
> 
> Other passengers came and went, casually sipping their coffees and
charging
> their phones as they watched puppy after puppy delivered on the carpet,
> airport spokeswoman Emily Nipps said.
> 
>   
> 
> "I've never seen anything like this in an airport, or otherwise," she
said.
> 
>   
> 
> Van Atter said she has mobility and pain issues, Nipps said, and the dogs
> were service dogs, though Eleanor Rigby was still in training.
> 
>   
> 
> Van Atter's stepmother, Karen James, of Bradenton, was also set to fly to
> Philadelphia. She said they knew Eleanor Rigby was pregnant, but believed
> the excitement of being in the airport around so many new people may have
> triggered the early birth.
> 
>   
> 
> James was talking to the Tampa Bay Times by phone from the airport when
> people started cheering in the background.
> 
>   
> 
> "Another one just came out!," she said.
> 
>   
> 
> She was holding Golden Nugget on a leash.
> 
>   
> 
> "I have to go, the father is getting excited," she said. "Every time she's
> ready to deliver another one he starts jumping around."
> 
>   
> 
> James said the plan was to find a dolly somewhere in the airport to carry
> the pups and mother out. Then they'd go back to Bradenton where everyone
> would get some rest before figuring out how to drive to Philadelphia with
a
> new litter.
> 
>   
> 
> No planes were delayed and all the puppies were successfully delivered.
> Seven males, and one female.
> 
>   
> 
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