[NAGDU] Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad service dog looks on

[Tami Jarvis]

The dogs may not have been from an organization. The lack of 
availability and the expense of obtaining many other types of service 
dogs means the percentage of dogs that are owner-trained or trained by a 
private trainer is much higher than with guide dogs.

There's a lot of debate these days about spaying and neutering, the 
possible health risks, etc. The debate has been going on for a few years 
at least, so it now involves a lot of etc. A lot of people now firmly 
believe that spaying/neutering is bad for the dog, so I suppose that 
includes some service dog users. Which is to say that, yeah, we just 
might see more of that sort of thing.

The article didn't mention whether the pregnancy of the mother dog was 
intentional on the part of the owners or not, but that's not what the 
article was about. Cute golden retriever puppies in an airport! /lol/ My 
opinion of the whole affair is not high, but I don't know enough to form 
an intelligent opinion, so I'll have to wonder until something else 
comes up in my day.

Tami

On 05/25/2018 05:58 PM, Deb and the girls via NAGDU wrote:
> Don't other service dog organizations know they are supposed to spay the
> females before they go out with the handler?  I can see we will have more of
> this kind of thing happening. Lord help us.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ginger Kutsch via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 7:23 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Ginger Kutsch <Ginger at ky2d.com>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad
> service dog looks on
> 
> Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad service dog looks on
> 
> By Cristopher Spata May 25, 2018
> 
> http://www.tampabay.com/news/Mom-service-dog-has-puppies-in-Tampa-airport-wh
> ile-dad-service-dog-looks-on_168575820
> 
>   
> 
> TAMPA - Travelers killing time at Tampa International Airport's Gasparilla
> Bar got an unexpected show Friday when a dog gave birth to eight puppies
> near Gate F81.
> 
>   
> 
> The 2-year-old golden retriever, Eleanor Rigby, owner Diane Van Atter, and
> the puppies' father, Golden Nugget, were waiting to board an afternoon
> flight home to Philadelphia when the dog went into labor.
> 
>   
> 
> They missed the flight, and for the next three hours created a fuzzy
> spectacle as crowds gathered with phones trying to capture the scene.
> 
>   
> 
> The puppies were delivered with assistance from Tampa Fire Rescue paramedics
> stationed at the airport, as well as a nurse who had to leave halfway though
> the delivery to catch her own flight.
> 
>   
> 
> Other passengers came and went, casually sipping their coffees and charging
> their phones as they watched puppy after puppy delivered on the carpet,
> airport spokeswoman Emily Nipps said.
> 
>   
> 
> "I've never seen anything like this in an airport, or otherwise," she said.
> 
>   
> 
> Van Atter said she has mobility and pain issues, Nipps said, and the dogs
> were service dogs, though Eleanor Rigby was still in training.
> 
>   
> 
> Van Atter's stepmother, Karen James, of Bradenton, was also set to fly to
> Philadelphia. She said they knew Eleanor Rigby was pregnant, but believed
> the excitement of being in the airport around so many new people may have
> triggered the early birth.
> 
>   
> 
> James was talking to the Tampa Bay Times by phone from the airport when
> people started cheering in the background.
> 
>   
> 
> "Another one just came out!," she said.
> 
>   
> 
> She was holding Golden Nugget on a leash.
> 
>   
> 
> "I have to go, the father is getting excited," she said. "Every time she's
> ready to deliver another one he starts jumping around."
> 
>   
> 
> James said the plan was to find a dolly somewhere in the airport to carry
> the pups and mother out. Then they'd go back to Bradenton where everyone
> would get some rest before figuring out how to drive to Philadelphia with a
> new litter.
> 
>   
> 
> No planes were delayed and all the puppies were successfully delivered.
> Seven males, and one female.
> 
>   
> 
> _______________________________________________
> NAGDU mailing list
> NAGDU at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/debsoundandscent%40earthl
> ink.net
> 
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
> https://www.avg.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> NAGDU mailing list
> NAGDU at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/tami%40poodlemutt.com
>