[Cagdu] guide dog puppies

[Ken Volonte]

Hi Robert and all.  There is a situation in the Manteca school district in 
which at least four high school students and a teacher have been denied 
permission to bring their puppies to school.  It didn't use to be that way, 
but some idiot teacher brought his pet dog to school and it bit someone.

    It is important that puppies be allowed in schools for their own 
socialization.  What good does it do for a puppy to spend six hours a day in 
a crate or kennel away from people and activities?

    Guide dog puppies are allowed in schools in Utah, Nevada and Colorado. 
In fact, schools and businesses can't discriminate against puppies in 
training.  In Nevada, it went all the way up to the state Supreme Court.

    How could we sit on our hands while this happened!  It's not an issue 
from long ago, and if it was, this federation should have dealt with it head 
on.

    I'll write a resolution, but I want cagdu's word that you will support 
me in this.  Let us take to the barricades again.  Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert stigile" <rstigile at sbcglobal.net>
To: <cagdu at nfbcal.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Cagdu] guide dog puppies


> Hello Ken,
> Can you explain a little more?
> Yes, the puppies are not given the same rights as trained guides.
> If a business wants to tell the puppy raiser, that they do not
> want it in they have that right.
> I have not seen this take place in a long time, but it can and
> there is nothing that a puppy raiser can do.
> A long time ago, the MTA in Los Angeles wouldn't let puppy
> raisers bring the dog on the bus, but after many hours of
> explaining how it can benefit, there is not an issue now.
> You might want to consider a resolution about this, so that the
> NFBC can work to change this.
> Good luck,
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ken Volonte" <kenvolonte at comcast.net
>>To: "Cagdu" <cagdu at nfbcal.org
>>Date sent: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:16:50 -0700
>>Subject: [Cagdu] guide dog puppies
>
>>Hi all.  We've got a situation in which guide dog puppies are not
> being
>>allowed into schools for their year's worth of socialization.
> Are the
>>puppies afforded the same protection under the law as guide dogs
> are?  It
>>seems as though they should be.  As things stand now, the dogs
> are put in
>>kennels for 6 hours a day while the raisers are at school.  This
> is nuts!
>>GDB says the puppies are not entitled to any protection at all.
> If that's
>>the case, then what's the point?
>
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