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- From: 34AEJ7D@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu (Bill Gorman)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: Re: Guide dogs - is this normal?
- Message-ID: <25438@handicap.news>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 13:27:07 GMT
- References: <25379@handicap.news> <25397@handicap.news>
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- Reply-To: 34AEJ7D@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu (Bill Gorman)
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- Index Number: 25438
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- In article <25397@handicap.news>, joep@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com
- (Joe Pizzirusso) says:
- >Index Number: 25397
- >
- >AACK!
- >
- >This sounds very weird. I train wheelchair service dogs. We don't
- >demand as much from a dog when they're out of harness...they're
- >sorta off duty. They can get away with more, BUT we insist and work
- >hard to make sure they can be recalled by voice at ALL times....
- >...
- >sounds odd...
- >
-
- I thought it was REAL strange, and potentially dangerous. I got
- a note or two from guide dog users who all said their dogs
- would not come reliably when called when "out of uniform".
- Geez, what happens if some circumstance causes a GDU to
- become dogless in a dangerous environment? With the PETA and ALF
- terrorists around, I could see a dog being forcibly "freed" in an
- urban environment. What's to do if the dog is loose but
- won't come when called?
-
- Or maybe I'm just paranoid and suspicious. :-)
-
- W. K. (Bill) Gorman
-