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Hi Fred and others:<BR> <BR>First, you make all good points.<BR> <BR>Last year the Department of Transportation (I think, though it may have been Homeland Security, I can't find my record of it) had a survey soliciting feedback about service animal relief aries at airports. That survey was supposed to contribute to writing policies on animal relief areas. I don't know what the current status is. (For the record, I made a big deal about the need to have areas within the secure area for relieving.)<BR> <BR>Anyhow, Washington DC's IAD has an indoor relief area complete with fake grass, picket fence, and sprinkler systems for disinfecting the area after use. I think it could serve as an example for other airports. My dog was a bit hesitant, but he got over the weirdness of it all fast enough. Check it out if you ever have time passing through.<BR> <BR>Best,<BR>Kristin and "Larson"<BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 17:41:57 -0700<br>> To: cagdu@nfbcal.org<br>> From: regenerative@earthlink.net<br>> Subject: [Cagdu] Flying question: why are the relief areas outside the airports?<br>> <br>> <br>> Hi CaGDUdettes and CaGDUdes,<br>> <br>> On my last few flights, I had a question pop into my head. Have <br>> y'all wondered this?<br>> OK, you get a phone call right after your dog finishes wolfing down a <br>> meal. You have to be on the next flight to wherever. You show up at <br>> the airport, relieve your dog, and tromp into the airport. Your <br>> flight leaves a little late, but your dog is well-trained, gets <br>> small, and sleeps in an impossibly small space under the seat in-front of you.<br>> At your next airport, you have about an hour between flights. No <br>> time to relieve your dog outside the security wire, but why do we <br>> have to leave the airport to relieve our working dogs?<br>> If Homeland Security and the TSA has dozens of dogs working at the <br>> airports, that means that they have relief areas inside the <br>> airport. So: Why can't our highly-trained guide dogs use the same <br>> relief areas as the guide dog drop-outs that are working for the TSA <br>> as baggage sniffers?<br>> <br>> We all come in. We all get screened. Why can't our dogs do their <br>> business inside the airport?<br>> <br>> Fred Chambers<br>> VP - Beach Cities Chapter, NFBC<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Cagdu mailing list<br>> Cagdu@nfbcal.org<br>> https://www.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/cagdu<br></div> </div></body>
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