[nagdu] certification

[d m gina]

Gee lets go for the team.
When a trained person feels there doing well with there dog, then you 
are a team.
You start trusting each other.
Just as we do from all of the schools who do the training first.
Makes sense to me smile.

Original message:
> I am vehement ally opposed to certification on the national level for the
> following reasons.

> Marion's logic is perfect to explain why in that in terms of the ADA, our
> dogs are viewed exactly the same as wheelchairs, crutches or prosthetic
> devices.

> Besides, what would you certify, the dog, the handler or the team?

> If you were to institute a national certification program, it would have to
> cover everyone who uses a service animal, whether trained by an organization
> or owner trained, and for the certification to be truly effective it would
> need to be periodically renewed like a driver's license.

> I've seen my share of school trained teams that were less than ideal, from
> every school, and yes, some who should not have been working. I'd wager
> folks thought my Lab/Poodle, Molly, shouldn't have been working her last
> year with me due to her fear based aggression.

> So, are you prepared to take that annual licensing exam? What would it
> consist of?
> Jenine Stanley
> jeninems at wowway.com




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