[Oagdu] City Hall experience.

[Marianne Denning]

Deanna, all counties provide the dog license free because it is Ohio
law. The state does not have to provide this law but Ohio does.

On 7/29/15, Deanna Lewis via Oagdu <oagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> Cc: meandthedog at oberlin.net
> 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.
>>
>> Perhaps he wanted to be assured the dog was licensed?  Which would be
>> on his tags.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Deanna Lewis via Oagdu<mailto:oagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users List<mailto:oagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Deanna Lewis<mailto:DLewis at clovernook.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:57 AM
>> Subject: [Oagdu] City Hall experience.
>>
>> 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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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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