[Oagdu] City Hall experience.

[Angel]

Unless things have changed since I had my guides they do require licenses. 
As do all dogs.  But, in my state, licenses were provided free of charge to 
dog guide owners.
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From: "Megan Schief via Oagdu" <oagdu at nfbnet.org>
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>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 didnâ?Tt even look through the tags on his collar. And, I
> actually have not gotten this new pup a county license yet.
> Deanna
>
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> 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>
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> Cc: Deanna Lewis<mailto:DLewis at clovernook.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:57 AM
> 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, â?oIs that a service dog?â?
> Me, â?oYes, he is a guide dogâ? and I pointed to his harness, which has
> Guide Dogs for the Blind written all over it.
> He said, â?oI need to see his tags,â?
> What tags??? I have never been asked that before. I had the feeling that
> he meant he wanted to see his ID. I donâ?Tt typically carry his GDB ID
> card on me, since they legally canâ?Tt 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.
> Iâ?Tm wondering if I should call down to City Hall and speak to the
> guardâ?Ts supervisor?
> Deanna and Mambo
>
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