[nagdu] Booties? was Re: Guide Dogs at School

Nicole B. Torcolini at Home ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Fri Dec 9 03:01:18 UTC 2011 

Are they just the ones that have velcro straps? They are sized correctly. 
Lexia wares a different size on her front feet and back feet; the website 
says that that is not uncommon. They only bother her front feet because of 
her fifth claw.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Booties? was Re: Guide Dogs at School


> The Ruffwear ones we got with our dogs from Seeing Eye look like little 
> tennis shoes. Perhaps the ones you got weren't sized properly?
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home wrote:
>
>> What brand of booties do you use? I have some for Lexia from Ruffware,, 
>> but they bother her feet.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 5:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs at School
>>
>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>> The neighborhood is spelled B E A C O N  Hill.  And yes, the streets 
>>> wwere old cow trails!  The Boston Commons used to be a cattle grazing 
>>> place back then. I used to live in Boston and they are notoreous for not 
>>> knowing what a sidewalk plow is and I had to do it all with a cane as 
>>> well!  Now, I live in Sunny California!  And see the lovely snow on the 
>>> TV news!  I haven't been in snow for the last 23 years and that's OK by 
>>> me!  We do get it in our local mountains.
>>>
>>> Landon was raised in Philidelphia and I'm sure he played in the snow 
>>> there. He's a California dog now and we both hate it when it gets too 
>>> hot. He sometimes needs booties to protect his feet from the heat of the 
>>> blacktop of the streets during our street fairs.  Youo'll most likely 
>>> use them to protect from the rock salt that is EVERYWHERE in Boston 
>>> during the winter.
>>>
>>> Good luck with the new dog and enjoy Boston.  I wish I could afford to 
>>> come back there to visit!  I lived in the Brighton area west of downtown 
>>> on the Green Line trolley.
>>>
>>> Lyn and Landon
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:38 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs at School
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thank you for the well wishes with the new dog.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Got to love January in Boston. We got mountains of snow last year, it 
>>>> was so bad that there were snow banks taller than me along the sides of 
>>>> the road and sidewalks were like canyons. I am 6ft tall, and, I 
>>>> couldn't touch the tops of some of the snow banks with my cane. I hope 
>>>> this year is not as bad.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Other places around the country get far more snow than we do, but the 
>>>> cities are far more modern and can handle it. In Boston, especially 
>>>> ware I live on beak in hill the streets are old cow paths that were 
>>>> covered in cobble stones, and later paved. In fact, some of them are 
>>>> still cobble stone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Winter is always an experience hear in the hart of Boston.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:51 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs at School
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Mark,
>>>>>
>>>>> All my best wishes with your new dog!  I don't think I'd be brave 
>>>>> enough to learn a new dog in January.
>>>>>
>>>>> I honestly don't know the answers to all your questions.  It seems 
>>>>> that there are several laws that would apply to various parts of the 
>>>>> educational experience.  The FHA probably applies to the dormitory, 
>>>>> but perhaps not because it is limited to only students.  I'll e 
>>>>> interested to read others responses.  Accommodations regarding the in 
>>>>> class educational experience would fall under a different law, 
>>>>> probably the ADA.  Visitors to the campus would be subject to the ADA 
>>>>> and the college's request for documentation from visitors is most 
>>>>> definitely not appropriate or legal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Julie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/6/2011 7:36 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Due to the recent discussion about reasonable accommodations I 
>>>>>> thought I would ask the list's thoughts on a recent discussion I have 
>>>>>> just had with my schools ODS office.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Although I haven't posted on this list in a long time, as many of you 
>>>>>> may know, I was considering getting a guyed dog. Well, I have finely 
>>>>>> been accepted, and I will be receiving a dog from Fidelco on January 
>>>>>> 3. Because I live in the dorms on campus, I informed the Suffolk ODS 
>>>>>> office about my getting a guide dog. And, hear is a few excerpts from 
>>>>>> there service dog policy. For the entire policy you can visit 
>>>>>> http://www.suffolk.edu/studenthandbooks/47571.html.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Requirements of Service Animals and Their Partners
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Training: To be present on campus, a service animal must be 
>>>>>> specifically trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of 
>>>>>> an individual with a disability.(no problem so far) Evidence of 
>>>>>> successful completion of a recognized licensing or certification 
>>>>>> program for service animals, or a letter documenting the training, is 
>>>>>> required. (What does that mean?) A copy of the proof of certification 
>>>>>> should be filed with the Disability Services Office (for CAS and SBS 
>>>>>> students), the Dean of Students Office (for Law Students) or Human 
>>>>>> Resources Office (for faculty/staff/administrators). Visitors or 
>>>>>> guests may be required to provide documentation to the Suffolk 
>>>>>> University Police Department.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not a lawyer, but does that line up with the ADA?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note - Suffolk University will consider, on a case-by-case basis, 
>>>>>> requests by students who reside in residence halls for a service 
>>>>>> animal, including a dog or other animal, to reside in the residence 
>>>>>> hall. Please direct such requests to the Office of Disability 
>>>>>> Services at least 30 days prior to the date the animal is expected to 
>>>>>> be in residence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This sounds like they want the authority to refuse acksess to some 
>>>>>> service animals that don't meet with the ODS stamp of approval.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On a different note, is on campus housing at a college covered under 
>>>>>> the ADA, or the fare housing acksess act, or some other law I don't 
>>>>>> know about?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark J. Cadigan
>>>>>> Electrical Engineering Department
>>>>>> Suffolk University
>>>>>> kramc11 at gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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