[nagdu] Legislative Consideration

[Nicole B. Torcolini]

Julie,

    Your second paragraph says exactly what I think.  I could not have said 
it better myself.

Nicole

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Legislative Consideration


> Steve,
>
> I realize that putting the focus on behavior will  not directly prevent 
> people from committing fraud.    However I think it will reduce the amount 
> of fraud committed by passing a pet as a service animal.  I can tell you 
> first-hand that it is an incredible load of work to train a dog  to be a 
> service dog.  If people had to do that much work, let's face it they 
> wouldn't or at least not nearly as many  would.
>
> Then I look at the flip side of that coin...if all the dogs I encountered 
> in public were well behaved and unobtrusive, I personally wouldn't mind 
> what the disability status of the owner was.  For me it's not so much the 
> presence of the dog that bothers me as it is the behavior of the dog. 
> Yes, a part of me is still annoyed that the person is effectively lying by 
> passing their pet as a service dog, but if I have to pick among the 
> available bad choices, I'd like well behaved liars over ill behaved dogs 
> of any status.
>
> JMHO
> Julie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Johnson" <stevencjohnson at centurytel.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 12:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Legislative Consideration
>
>
>> Julie,
>>
>> If this were then to be the new focus, it is not solving the issue of 
>> fraudulant service animals being passed off as legitimate ones.  However, 
>> it does get to the heart of the current issue at hand and one of the 
>> conditions of responsibility of a service animal user...control at all 
>> times.
>> If then the focus now turns to developing legislation to penalize 
>> individuals for uncontrolled *service animals*, my guess is that this 
>> would then become much more reffective to move through at the State level 
>> versus Federal level, and perhaps drafting similar language through this 
>> organization *NAGDU*, and having consistent language would be the better 
>> approach.
>>
>> JMO
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
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