[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Question for any guide dog owners

Thanks for all the responses to my question. I'll definitely pass the 
information along to my friend.

The one thing I didn't say in my first message is that my friend did say to the 
cab driver that she would call the police, but the cab driver just nervously 
laughed at her and told her she had no grounds for it. So this would be untrue, 
would it not?

Well, fortunately, my friend did get this cab driver to take her. But it's a 
sad, sad, thing when we have to threaten and bully people to comply with 
federal laws.

Natalie B.

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: solsticesinger 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 6:36 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Question for any guide dog owners


  Guide dogs are permitted anywhere that the public is permitted. Of course, 
the behavior of the dog must be controlled. If the dog is either disruptive or 
destructive, the handler can be asked to leave. In your friend's situation, she 
was well within her rights to have her dog accompany her, and the driver could 
not have legally refused to transport the dog.

  Shannon
  solsticesinger25@xxxxxxxxxxx
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Natalie B. 
    To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:09 PM
    Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Question for any guide dog owners


    Hello all,

    I have a question for anyone who owns a guide dog. I don't own a dog 
myself, so am not aware of the pereimeters of the law.

    A little background info first. Where I live we have a service here that 
allows for the reservation of a van ride to all people with a legitimate 
disability. With our service, when the van can't make it, or is running behind 
in schedule, the company sends out a dispatch to a partnered cab service. From 
there, the cab will be dispatched to pick up the person.

    Well, a friend of mine who owns a cutey black lab was waiting for her ride. 
A cab drove up and immediately began to make a fuss. He claimed that he was 
fearful of dogs, and so on and so on. My friend is usually the most amiable of 
people, but this day she got very upset by this driver's attitude. He 
eventually took her to where she needed to go, but continued to make a big deal 
out of it.

    I would like to know, for my own personal information, about the extent of 
the law when concerning where guide dogs can go. For example, with this cab 
situation, could the driver have legally refused my friend? Is there any 
situations where guide dogs can't be admitted?

    Again, I don't own a guide dog, but I would really like to know. Most of my 
friends that have dogs and have situations like this happen to them choose to 
shrug it off and forget about it. They claim it's not worth the hassle to 
pursue the matter.

    Thanks for anyone who can respond to my question.

    Natalie B.

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