[Oagdu] City Hall experience.

[Deanna Lewis]

Hi Megan,
There is some controversy on whether or not to get a county license for a guide dog. Many counties in Ohio allow you to get the license fee waived for a guide dog. I personally did get a license for Pascal, and plan on getting one soon for Mambo. Also, the license does not need to be renewed every year for a guide dog. I am not really sure if you have to pay for the license after the dog has retired, or if it's still good. I will find that out soon. 
Deanna

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From: Oagdu [mailto:oagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Megan Schief via Oagdu
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:37 AM
To: Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users List
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Subject: Re: [Oagdu] City Hall experience.

>I understand that the guide dog do isn't need a license. Is that true? 
>I
do have rabbi's  tg. a
Megan and MS. P.





 Hi Angel,
> Yes, I was thinking that too, maybe he wanted to see his county license.
> The thing is, he didn’t even look through the tags on his collar. 
> And, I actually have not gotten this new pup a county license yet.
> Deanna
>
> From: Oagdu [mailto:oagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Angel via 
> Oagdu
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 6:38 PM
> To: Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users List
> Cc: Angel
> Subject: Re: [Oagdu] City Hall experience.
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> Perhaps he wanted to be assured the dog was licensed?  Which would be 
> on his tags.
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> From: Deanna Lewis via Oagdu<mailto:oagdu at nfbnet.org>
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> Cc: Deanna Lewis<mailto:DLewis at clovernook.org>
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> Subject: [Oagdu] City Hall experience.
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> Hi,
> I had an interesting experience yesterday at City Hall in downtown 
> Cincinnati. I was down there participating in our 25th Anniversary ADA 
> event and walk. Before the walk started, I went into City Hall to use 
> the bathroom. I have been inside there several times before. There was 
> a security officer by the front door, and I asked him if it was 
> alright to use the bathroom.
> He asked, “Is that a service dog?” Me, “Yes, he is a guide 
> dog” and I pointed to his harness, which has Guide Dogs for the 
> Blind written all over it.
> He said, “I need to see his tags,” What tags??? I have never been 
> asked that before. I had the feeling that he meant he wanted to see 
> his ID. I don’t typically carry his GDB ID card on me, since they 
> legally can’t ask for that. So, the only tags I could think of were 
> his name tag, microchip tag, and GDB tag on his collar. So, I showed 
> him his collar with the tags. That seemed to satisfy him and we went 
> ahead and headed through the building.
> I just found this whole experience as bizarre and irritating. I mean, 
> of all places, City Hall should know the service dog laws! LOL Funny 
> that this occurred just before the ADA celebration. We still have a 
> very long road ahead of us.
> I’m wondering if I should call down to City Hall and speak to the 
> guard’s supervisor?
> Deanna and Mambo
>
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