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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Cagdu] FW: Woman Wants Horse As
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<P>> Woman Wants Horse As Service Animal<BR>> <BR>> By DAVE GRAM,
Associated Press Writer<BR>> <BR>> Friday, October 19, 2007<BR>>
<BR>> (10-19) 22:25 PDT Warren, Vt. (AP) --<BR>> <BR>> The Central
Vermont Community Land Trust usually has no objection to a<BR>> service
animal like a seeing-eye dog moving into its apartments. But<BR>> Patty
Cooper's service animal is a horse of a different color: a black<BR>> and
white miniature horse, to be exact.<BR>> <BR>> Now the nonprofit housing
group is trying to figure out whether it can<BR>> accommodate a disabled
woman's new companion, with its need for grazing<BR>> space and
questionable housebrokenness.<BR>> <BR>> "Frankly, it's a bit unique,"
Preston Jump, executive director of the<BR>> Land Trust, said in an
interview.<BR>> <BR>> Cooper, 50, has a severe case of celiac disease, a
disorder in which<BR>> exposure to a protein called gluten destroys the
ability of the small<BR>> intestine to absorb nutrients. One result can be
brittle bones, and<BR>> Cooper has used a wheelchair since she broke her
back for the second<BR>> time four years ago.<BR>> <BR>> Earl, short
for Early to Rise, is a 1-year-old miniature tobiano pinto<BR>> horse that
weighs about 100 pounds and is 32 inches tall at the<BR>> shoulder<BR>>
- just the right height for a frequent face-to-face nuzzle with Cooper<BR>>
as she sits in her wheelchair.<BR>> <BR>> Earl isn't living with Cooper
yet, but she visits him daily at the farm<BR>> where he is recovering from
his recent gelding. It's clear a bond has<BR>> developed in the few months
since she bought him.<BR>> <BR>> "This guy just makes me so happy
whenever I'm around him," Cooper said.<BR>> "I'm not lonely any
more."<BR>> <BR>> Her plan is to attach shafts extending from Earl's
harness to her<BR>> wheelchair. "He'll be able to pull me back and forth to
the bus stop<BR>> and<BR>> pull me to town. After he's trained he'll be
able to go on the bus with<BR>> me under ADA laws."<BR>> <BR>> The
ADA is the Americans With Disabilities Act, the federal law<BR>> requiring
entities that provide public accommodations, like the Land<BR>> Trust, to
make reasonable efforts to accommodate people with<BR>>
disabilities.<BR>> <BR>> Cooper got a letter last week from the
operations manager of the<BR>> 24-unit<BR>> housing complex where she
lives expressing worry about "possible health<BR>> and safety issues. So,
can you tell us how you intend to dispose of the<BR>> pony's waste? Is the
pony housebroken? If he is house-trained, who is<BR>> going to pick up
after him outside?<BR>> <BR>> "What does this animal require for food?"
it continued. "If it is hay<BR>> and grain, as I suspect, where and how do
you plan to store this food<BR>> so<BR>> that it will not attract rats
or otherwise become a potential health<BR>> risk to the other residents
living in this complex?"<BR>> <BR>> It went on to say it was
investigating whether a 4-by-6-foot stall<BR>> Cooper had built in her
living room for Earl constituted an alteration<BR>> and therefore a lease
violation. Cooper called that "a veiled threat of<BR>> eviction" on a blog
she's been maintaining about the issue.<BR>> <BR>> This week, both
Cooper and the Land Trust were taking a more<BR>> conciliatory tone. "I
don't have any problem with the Land Trust," she<BR>> said. "I think they
do very good work in the community" by providing<BR>> affordable housing
for low- and moderate-income people.<BR>> <BR>> For its part, the Land
Trust issued a statement in response to press<BR>> inquiries. "CVCLT's
policy is to make every effort to accommodate the<BR>> specific needs of
our disabled residents, including making allowances<BR>> for service
animals when the service to be provided is reasonably<BR>> related to the
disability at issue," it said.<BR>> <BR>> "Due to the unusual
circumstances associated with housing a pony in an<BR>> apartment setting,"
it added, "careful review and consideration is<BR>> being<BR>> given to
this request in order to determine whether this animal can<BR>> reasonably
address the specific needs described by this resident while<BR>> assuring
the overall welfare of both the animal involved and<BR>>
neighboring<BR>> residents in the apartment complex."<BR>> <BR>>
Cooper said she already had tried to respond to some of the Land<BR>>
Trust's<BR>> worries, installing a rubber mat at the base of the stall,
which she<BR>> says didn't require any apartment alterations, as well as
rubber-backed<BR>> carpeting in case of an accident before Earl can make it
outside. She<BR>> said she was talking with a neighbor of the apartment
complex about<BR>> grazing space on that property.<BR>> <BR>> "I'm
confident it's all going to work out," she said.<BR>> <BR>> One benefit
of a horse versus a dog is a longer life span. Tippy, the<BR>> mixed-breed
dog who was Cooper's previous service animal, died<BR>> recently.<BR>>
"I don't want to have to go through this again in 10 years," she said.<BR>>
"Earl will live at least another 50 years. I'll still have him when
I'm<BR>> 100."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>><BR></P></DIV><!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--><SPAN
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