[pct-l] RE: dog help

[teamcourage@xxxxxxxxx (Dave Fales)]

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hey I am a bk amputee she helps me carrey thing and helps woth balnce
both of which i traine dher my self that makes her a service dog no
questiosn asked.

Ron Martino wrote:

>Dave Fales wrote:
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>>I never said that I am disbailed I ahve a fake leg so I slef trianed my
>>dog to be  a service dog if an idiot ranger harses me about it he will
>>find him slef in trouble beucsue under the law all they can ask is , is
>>that a servcie dog yous ay yes then that is the end of questions
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>	Folks might be interested in a Position Paper from the Coalition of
>Assistance Dog Partners (CADO) <http://www.gdui.org/cado.html> -
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>"CFR 36.104 - Definition of Service Animal Revised to read:
>Service animal means an assistance dog, and may include other animals
>specifically trained to perform physical tasks to mitigate an
>individual's disability. Assistance dogs include: guide dogs that guide
>individuals who are legally blind; hearing dogs that alert individuals
>who are deaf or hard of hearing to specific sounds; and, service dogs
>for individuals with disabilities other than blindness or deafness.
>Service dogs are trained to perform a variety of physical tasks
>including but not limited to pulling a wheelchair, lending balance
>support, picking up dropped objects or providing assistance in a medical
>crisis. The presence of an animal for comfort, protection or personal
>defense does not qualify an animal as being trained to mitigate an
>individual's disability and therefore does not qualify said animal as a
>service animal.
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>The key to this definition is that a service animal must be trained to
>perform a physical task, that is, to perform a service, to mitigate a
>disability."
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>	The webpage I link to addresses why this clarification has been put
>forth, specifically because there are individuals who abuse the
>regulations on service animals.
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>	Note also that the animal performs "physical tasks to mitigate an
>individual's disability," so an individual who is not disabled, or who
>does not need the animal for physical assistance, has no need of a
>service animal.
>
>	Ron
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