[NAGDU] Service dog license

[Michael Hingson]

The ADA does not provide for any service dog user being required to have a
special license. This is right for many reasons. First, licensing
requirements would necessarily be varied depending on the animal service
requirements. What a dog does for us as blind people is by definition not
the same as what a seizure animal does. A dog that helps someone with
diabetes also is different in its service. How would one create a "license"
for all purposes?

Second, having a license to drive a car by definition is not at all the same
as what we encounter having service animals. Also, drivers licenses vary
from state to state. Do you get a license to go out into the world when you
graduate from high school or college? No. You get an acknowledgement that
you have received training through your diploma, but that is not a license.

Third, as others have said, we are potential targets with so-called
licenses.

Finally, in the case of counterfeit service animals the burden should be on
non-service animal owners to prove that their animals should be out in
public.  All animals owned by humans, at least in most states, are or are
supposed to be licensed. Isn't that enough? 


Best Regards,


Michael Hingson

-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nancy VanderBrink
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Service dog license

I'm going to have to admit my ignorance on the subject, can you tell me what
the ADA  says about that?

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> On Feb 12, 2017, at 12:05 AM, William Vandervest via NAGDU
<nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> while i personally support the idea of having service animal i d's,
federal law prohibits them being required
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> timelord09 at comcast.net
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> There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See
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> William and Leader Dog Lynerd
> -----Original Message----- From: Nancy VanderBrink via NAGDU
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 23:46
> To: Nancy VanderBrink via Nagdu
> Cc: Nancy VanderBrink
> Subject: [NAGDU] Service dog license
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> Hey guys,
> So I'm going to make you mad at me but I don't understandsomething...
> 
> If you have to get a license to drive why not one for a guide dog.
> I know that people who were glasses are supposed to have their picture
taken with her glasses on and I guess I wonder why he could not be something
like that but for us with our dog?
> 
> I know figuring out how to come up with some sort of database of
accredited schools and then how to figure out how to make sure these places
are accredited would be a process but I guess I kind of wonder if having it
on something that already exists and is already official wouldn't that make
it easier?
> 
> I mean, if I have to go get a new ID when I move wouldn't it make sense to
just go get a new ID with your picture of you and your partner in it that
way?
> 
> I'm not trying to ignite a fire storm or anything I just don't really
understand why this is such a big deal. I understand the need for privacy
but I'm not even really saying that you have to say on there why you have
the dog I guess I really just kind of would think that if they could get
accredited schools in a database and then the DMV could choose the school
you went to given on some sort  of letter or something, why is that bad???
> 
> Just trying to understand.
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> vandyvanderbrink at outlook.com
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