[NAGDU] Ruffwear Harnesses

dchandler001 at carolina.rr.com dchandler001 at carolina.rr.com
Fri Mar 8 14:33:06 UTC 2019


Hi Marion and others interested in this topic.  I'm really interested in the Unifly harness and am disappointed that it can't be bought by legitimate guide dog handlers.  I am a Seeing Eye grad and am always interested in exploring different types of guide dog user equipment.
Deb and Tally
---- Sonja O via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
> Thank you for doing that, Marion.
> I much appreciate it.
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> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Susan Jones via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 1:22 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Susan Jones
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Ruffwear Harnesses
> 
> Dear Marion,
> 
> Sorry, I don't see Greg's e-mail address here.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Susan Jones
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of NAGDU President
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 1:50 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: NAGDU President
> Subject: [NAGDU] Ruffwear Harnesses
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> 
> 
> I have spoken with Greg Freyberg in the past about the issue
> of Ruffwear only selling their harnesses to training programs. I shared with
> him that I do not believe those wishing to pass their pets off as service
> animals would make the sort of investment in a Ruffwear harness when there
> are much cheaper ways of commiting the fraud. I also shared with him that
> there are those of us wishing to purchase their harness with guide dogs from
> programs that do not have a relationship with Ruffwear or simply do not wish
> to have their training programs inserted in our personal decisions. In light
> of this discussion, I wrote to Greg and addressed this issue once more. My
> message is below. Contained within the header of this message is Greg's
> email address. I urge those interested to write to him expressing your
> opinions on this matter. If you do write to him, please copy me on your
> message so I can keep a log of those contacting him so as to better advocate
> for you. Please copy me at my NAGDU address
> 
> 
> 
> president at nagdu.org
> 
> 
> 
> Fraternally yours,
> 
> Marion
> 
> From: president at nagdu.org [mailto:president at nagdu.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 1:39 PM
> To: 'Greg Freyberg'
> Cc: 'Marion Gwizdala'
> Subject: Harnesses
> 
> 
> 
> Greg,
> 
> 
> 
> There is currently a thread on the NAGDU discussion list
> concerning something we have spoken about in the past. NAGDU members,
> especially owner-trainers, are interested in purchasing the Ruffwear harness
> directly from your company; however, it is the policy of Ruffwear to only
> sell to training programs. As we have discussed in the past, I appreciate
> Ruffwear's commitment to curbing the abuses experienced by counterfeiters
> passing their dogs off as service animals by not selling harnesses to those
> who would use them for this purpose. As I have shared when we spoke about
> this, I do not think this is as much of an issue as you believe it is. If a
> counterfeiter intends to pass their dog off as a service animal to gain
> public access where pets are not permitted, there are much cheaper ways of
> commiting the fraud than purchasing a Ruffwear harness. Coats, patches, and
> other garments are much cheaper and more accessible than the Ruffwear
> harness.
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to urge Ruffwear to reconsider their policy of
> restricting the sale of harnesses to only training programs so that our
> members may purchase them directly. Not only would this benefit
> owner-trainers, it would also allow those who have guide dogs from programs
> without a relationship with Ruffwear or those who simply do not want their
> programs inserted in such decisions to purchase your harnesses without
> involving the training program. Please let me know at your earliest
> opportunity when such a policy change takes place so we can advise our
> members.
> 
> 
> 
> With kind regards,
> 
> Marion Gwizdala
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> 
> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc. (NAGDU)
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> National Federation of the Blind
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