From shannonldillon at hotmail.com Mon Jul 26 16:05:38 2010 From: shannonldillon at hotmail.com (Shannon L. Dillon) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:05:38 -0700 Subject: [Cagdu] FW: SB 1491 (Senate Business Professions and Economic Development Committee) - In-Home Training In-Reply-To: <6EC360BD15478044862B4F1C8351F009178B756BCB@DCASHQEX01.dca.ca.gov> References: <6EC360BD15478044862B4F1C8351F009178B756BCB@DCASHQEX01.dca.ca.gov> Message-ID: Please see below message and attachment ferom Guide Dog Board. SHANNON L. DILLON From: Antonette.Sorrick at dca.ca.gov To: gv.ayers at sen.ca.gov; bbarragan at socal.rr.com; ericholm at att.net; eric at epholm.com; jneidich at sbcglobal.net; JXavier at dor.ca.gov; tbsfolsom at sbcglobal.net; frank-welte at sbcglobal.net; Creature_girl at comcast.net; mwillows at sbcglobal.net; shannonldillon at hotmail.com; lauriemehta at yahoo.com; kstupi at guidedogs.com; DEHartford at GuideDogsofAmerica.org; rhill at gddca.org; CJordan at guidedogsofamerica.org; BWendler at gddca.org; Kkelly at guidedogs.com; Kimberly.Kirchmeyer at dca.ca.gov; John.Perry at dca.ca.gov CC: Michael.Santiago at dca.ca.gov; Cenne.Jackson at dca.ca.gov; JDOOLEY at dor.ca.gov; mdean at gddca.org; ALKrusoe at guidedogsofamerica.org Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:00:38 -0700 Subject: SB 1491 (Senate Business Professions and Economic Development Committee) - In-Home Training Dear Interested Parties: The attached letter will be mailed to Assembly Member Fuentes? office as well as the Members of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. If your organization is also in support of the bill, please make sure to send a letter to the Committee Members by Friday, July 30, as the bill will be heard in the Committee on Wednesday, August 4. All parties that were sent this e-mail are cc?d on the support letter. This e-mail and the letter were sent to you solely as a courtesy copy and in no way implies support for the bill. Below is a link to the Appropriations Committee Web site and the text of the bill. Thank you and have a wonderful week. http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/newcomframeset.asp?committee=43 Link to the bill http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_1451-1500/sb_1491_bill_20100616_amended_asm_v98.html Antonette Sorrick Executive Officer State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind 1625 N. Market Blvd., S-202 Sacramento, CA 95834 (916) 574-7825 direct (916) 574-7829 fax (866) 512-9103 toll free for in-state calls Antonette.Sorrick at dca.ca.gov www.guidedogboard.ca.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nfbcal.org/pipermail/cagdu/attachments/20100726/eaff67ee/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Support Letter from Board SB 1491 Assembly Appropriations 7.26.10.doc Type: application/msword Size: 88576 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nfbcal.org/pipermail/cagdu/attachments/20100726/eaff67ee/attachment.doc From tinadt at sbcglobal.net Tue Jul 27 15:20:40 2010 From: tinadt at sbcglobal.net (Tina Thomas) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:20:40 -0700 Subject: [Cagdu] Fw: [nagdu] Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit bullattack Message-ID: Subject: [nagdu] Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit bullattack > Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit bull attack > Monday, July 26, 2010 > BY DENISA R. SUPERVILLE > The Record, STAFF WRITER > http://www.northjersey.com/news/072610_Woodcliff_Lake_seeing_eye_ > dog_recovering_after_pit_bull_attack.html?page=all > WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey - A 9-month-old German Shepherd being > raised as a Seeing Eye dog was recovering at home Monday after > being attacked by a pit bull. > The dog, Dusty, had to undergo four hours of surgery at the Park > Ridge Animal Hospital on Friday to repair lacerations that > extended from his ear down his neck, said Roger Woodhour, Dusty's > foster parent. > Woodhour lost the tip of his right hand middle finger in the > attack. > Four of Dusty's teeth that were damaged during the attack had to > be extracted, Woodhour said. > Michelle Barlak, a spokeswoman for the Morristown-based The > Seeing Eye Inc., said the attack has ended Dusty's chance at > becoming a Seeing Eye dog. > "Unfortunately, Dusty will never make it as a Seeing Eye dog even > if he recovers, because he will not be able to overcome the > psychological damage," Barlak wrote in an e-mail. > The organization breeds, raises and trains dogs to guide people > who are visually impaired in the U.S. and Canada. > The attack occurred at around 8:45 a.m. on Friday, on Arcadia > Road, about a block from Woodhour's home, he said. > Woodhour said was returning from his daily walk of > three-to-four-miles with two dogs - Dusty and a 5-year-old German > Shepherd named Luke - when the pit bull charged out of a > Woodcliff Avenue house. > According to a police report of the incident, Kristine B. > Heinemann left the house to put some items in a vehicle, which > was parked in the driveway. The pit bull, a 2-year-old named > Mason, got out through a door that apparently was ajar. > Mason allegedly ran toward the two dogs and started attacking > Dusty, the smaller of the two, the report said. > "She was yelling at it to stop, but he was focused on one thing, > and the one thing was on attacking one or possibly two of the > dogs," Woodhour said. > The pit bull allegedly grabbed onto Woodhour's hand as he tried > to free Dusty, knocking Woodhour onto the lawn, according to > Woodhour and the report. > Contractors working on a nearby house ran to assist. One > contractor ran to assist Woodhour, hitting the pit bull in the > head with a hammer he was holding in an effort to free Woodhour's > hand, the report said. > Mason finally let go of Woodhour's hand. Woodhour was taken to > Hackensack University Medical Center. > Woodhour's wife, Sheila, took Dusty to the Park Ridge Animal > Hospital, Woodhour said. > In addition to the injuries to his neck, Dusty sustained injuries > to the leg and head, the report said. > Heinemann was issued summonses for violating borough ordinances > for failing to keep her dog on a leash and for a dog running at > large. She is to appear in Municipal Court on August 19. On > Monday, she said had no comment. > Mason, the pit bull, was quarantined at home, said Carol Tyler, > the owner and manager of Tyco Animal Control. He was not injured > in the attack, she said. > Dusty is the 26th puppy the Woodhours are raising for the Seeing > Eye Inc. They have been doing so since 1991. > James Kutsch, president of Seeing Eye Inc., said it's possible, > though unlikely, that Dusty could still make it as a Seeing Eye > dog. > If Dusty does not succeed as a Seeing Eye dog, the Woodhours will > be offered the opportunity to adopt him, Kutsch said. He could > also be adopted by a member of the public. > The Woodhours have already adopted two dogs that did not make it > in the program. > "We certainly would consider it," Woodhour said. > E-mail: superville at northjersey.com > > > _______________________________________________ > nagdu mailing list > nagdu at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nagdu: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/tinadt%40sbcglobal.net From tinadt at sbcglobal.net Fri Jul 30 19:28:57 2010 From: tinadt at sbcglobal.net (Tina Thomas) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:28:57 -0700 Subject: [Cagdu] Fw: [GSDGuides] News From the Department of Justice Concerning Service Animals Message-ID: News From the Department of Justice Concerning Service Animals FYI. The Department of Justice finally released the revised ADA regulations implementing Title II and Title III which includes the new definition of a service animal at: http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/ADAregs2010.htm Service animal means any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition. The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the handler?s disability. Examples of work or tasks include, but are not limited to, assisting individuals who are blind or have low vision with navigation and other tasks, alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds, providing non-violent protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, assisting an individual during a seizure, alerting individuals to the presence of allergens, retrieving items such as medicine or the telephone, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to individuals with mobility disabilities, and helping persons with psychiatric and neurological disabilities by preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors. The crime deterrent effects of an animal?s presence and the provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this definition. ***** ? 36.302 Modifications in policies, practices, or procedures. (c) * * * (2) Exceptions. A public accommodation may ask an individual with a disability to remove a service animal from the premises if: (i) The animal is out of control and the animal?s handler does not take effective action to control it; or (ii) The animal is not housebroken. (3) If an animal is properly excluded. If a public accommodation properly excludes a service animal under ? 36.302(c)(2), it shall give the individual with a disability the opportunity to obtain goods, services, and accommodations without having the service animal on the premises. (4) Animal under handler?s control. A service animal shall be under the control of its handler. A service animal shall have a harness, leash, or other tether, unless either the handler is unable because of a disability to use a harness, leash, or other tether, or the use of a harness, leash, or other tether would interfere with the service animal?s safe, effective performance of work or tasks, in which case the service animal must be otherwise under the handler?s control (e.g., voice control, signals, or other effective means). (5) Care or supervision. A public accommodation is not responsible for the care or supervision of a service animal. (6) Inquiries. A public accommodation shall not ask about the nature or extent of a person?s disability, but may make two inquiries to determine whether an animal qualifies as a service animal. A public accommodation may ask if the animal is required because of a disability and what work or task the animal has been trained to perform. A public accommodation shall not require documentation, such as proof that the animal has been certified, trained, or licensed as a service animal. Generally, a public accommodation may not make these inquiries about a service animal when it is readily apparent that an animal is trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability (e.g., the dog is observed guiding an individual who is blind or has low vision, pulling a person?s wheelchair, or providing assistance with stability or balance to an individual with an observable mobility disability). (7) Access to areas of a public accommodation. Individuals with disabilities shall be permitted to be accompanied by their service animals in all areas of a place of public accommodation where members of the public, program participants, clients, customers, patrons, or invitees, as relevant, are allowed to go. (8) Surcharges. A public accommodation shall not ask or require an individual with a disability to pay a surcharge, even if people accompanied by pets are required to pay fees, or to comply with other requirements generally not applicable to people without pets. If a public accommodation normally charges individuals for the damage they cause, an individual with a disability may be charged for damage caused by his or her service animal. (9) Miniature horses. (i) A public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a miniature horse by an individual with a disability if the miniature horse has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of the individual with a disability. (ii) Assessment factors. In determining whether reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures can be made to allow a miniature horse into a specific facility, a public accommodation shall consider-- (A) The type, size, and weight of the miniature horse and whether the facility can accommodate these features; (B) Whether the handler has sufficient control of the miniature horse; (C) Whether the miniature horse is housebroken; and (D) Whether the miniature horse?s presence in a specific facility compromises legitimate safety requirements that are necessary for safe operation. (iii) Other requirements. Sections 36.302(c)(3) through (c)(8), which apply to service animals, shall also apply to miniature horses. _______________________________________________ __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . 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