Hi Jeramy,
That is a cool name for a cool dog living in Michigan!
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Gilley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Seeingeye-l] got this from a friendFw: BlindNews: Assistance 
Dogs


> Your not the only one with a cool pooch... I have a tan colored female
> lab named Snowball... cool name for a Michigan dog eh?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of VIRGIE UNDERWOOD
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 6:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fw: [Seeingeye-l] got this from a friendFw: BlindNews:
> Assistance Dogs
>
> Hi to everyone,
> Here is a message I thought some of you might want to see.  Perhaps
> nobody
> on this list has a guide dog besides me but hopefully this will be of
> some
> importance to some of you.
> Virgie and Hoshi
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jennifer Wilgus" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:38 PM
> Subject: [Seeingeye-l] got this from a friendFw: BlindNews: Assistance
> Dogs
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "merrilee hill-kennedy" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:29 PM
>> Subject: Fw: BlindNews: Assistance Dogs
>>
>>
>>> good article, not sure why the name paul moyer keeps popping up in
> the
>>> article. annoying and strange.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Marcia Moses" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:46 AM
>>> Subject: BlindNews: Assistance Dogs
>>>
>>>
>>>> NBC4, Los Angeles
>>>>> Wednesday, February 22, 2006
>>>>>
>>>>> Assistance Dogs
>>>>>
>>>>> LOS ANGELES -- As you may know -- animals, particularly dogs -- can
> be
>>>>> trained to help people with almost any kind of disability. There
> are
>>>>> guide
>>>>> dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for the deaf and service dogs for
>>>>> people
>>>>> with disabilities ranging from epilepsy to cerebral palsy.
>>>>>
>>>>> The U.S. Department of Transportation is currently considering
> rules
>>>>> that
>>>>> will impact how these dogs and, subsequently, the disabled, travel
> on
>>>>> airlines.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Approximately 25,000 people in the United States use
>>>>> service
>>>>> animals.
>>>>>
>>>>> CHERIE SATO: If he is not on the plane with me, I am not going to
> be
>>>>> there.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Cherie suffers from seizures, so she has Jake.
>>>>>
>>>>> CHERIE SATO: He alerts me if a seizure is coming on.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Diane has balance and orthopedic disabilities, so she
> has
>>>>> Figment.
>>>>>
>>>>> DIANE WHITE: I have had him for over a year, and I have not fallen
>>>>> once.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: And Lisa has cerebral palsy, so she has Montgomery.
>>>>>
>>>>> LISA KNAPP: He gives me my independence.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Independence that some members of the disabled
> community
>>>>> say is
>>>>> being threatened. Threatened by the airlines industry and the U.S.
>>>>> Department of Transportation.
>>>>>
>>>>> ED EAMES: I can't believe what's going on. I really can't believe
> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: The DOT is considering putting assistance dogs in
> cargo.
>>>>>
>>>>> CHERIE SATO: If he's on the plane with me, I am not going to be
> there.
>>>>> I
>>>>> won't go.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: This is one of several DOT options for airlines on how
> to
>>>>> deal
>>>>> with assistance dogs.
>>>>>
>>>>> ED EAMES: They are discriminating against a segment of the disabled
>>>>> community.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Ed Eames advocates for the consumer rights of the
> disabled
>>>>> and
>>>>> acknowledges that some passengers may not want to sit next to an
>>>>> assistance
>>>>> dog.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Dogs that come in all shapes and sizes.
>>>>>
>>>>> EAMES: I say to those people, 'You have every right. You have paid
> for
>>>>> a
>>>>> seat.'"
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: But, he says, there is an easy fix.
>>>>>
>>>>> EAMES: Simply ask for a volunteer in the plane who would be willing
> to
>>>>> share
>>>>> leg space with the dog.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Eames says flight attendants and other passengers are
> very
>>>>> cooperative, and that this informal approach is extremely
> effective.
>>>>>
>>>>> EAMES: It has been working for years.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: So if the practice of asking for a volunteer to switch
>>>>> seats has
>>>>> been working, what's the problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> When asked by KNBC, the department of transportation could not
> provide
>>>>> any
>>>>> examples of passenger complaints involving assistance dogs.
>>>>>
>>>>> We wanted to see for ourselves, so we took two flights with Michael
>
>>>>> Osborn
>>>>> and his guide dog, Hastings.
>>>>>
>>>>> PASSENGER (VIDEO SHOWS PASSENGER IN PLANE): A stewardess came
> forward
>>>>> and
>>>>> said there was a guide dog in the back that was a little cramped
> for
>>>>> space.
>>>>> We said, 'Yeah, no problem, and so we all shifted around.'
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Without even being asked, flight attendants arranged
> for
>>>>> roomier
>>>>> seats, in both cases, moving us to the bulkhead.
>>>>>
>>>>> PASSENGER: It wasn't a big deal at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: And passengers willingly changed seats.
>>>>>
>>>>> CAROL (PASSENGER): On a plane with 200 people, there is bound to be
> at
>>>>> least
>>>>> one dog lover.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: So why are these rules?
>>>>>
>>>>> The DOT declined multiple requests for an on-camera interview, but
>>>>> provided
>>>>> a statement, saying they "strongly support the rights of persons
> with
>>>>> disabilities to travel with their service animals on airlines."
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: So why are the disabled so concerned?
>>>>>
>>>>> The proposed rule says if a service animal does not fit under the
> seat
>>>>> in
>>>>> front of the customer, the airline may "offer the option of
> purchasing
>>>>> a
>>>>> second seat."
>>>>>
>>>>> ED EAMES: It would put a financial burden on the disabled person,
> which
>>>>> would make air travel virtually impossible.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Another DOT recommendation - traveling on a later
> flight.
>>>>>
>>>>> ED EAMES: That takes an assumption that we don't have to make
>>>>> deadlines.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Finally, and most offensive to the disabled, "having
> the
>>>>> service
>>>>> animal travel in the cargo hold."
>>>>>
>>>>> ED EAMES: That defeats the notion of the independence that is being
>
>>>>> provided
>>>>> to us through working with an assistance dog.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: Some say this is the equivalent of asking an able
> bodied
>>>>> person
>>>>> to check their eyes or their legs with their baggage.
>>>>>
>>>>> ED EAMES: It's punishing me for being disabled.
>>>>>
>>>>> PAUL MOYER: It is of note that British Airways automatically blocks
> out
>>>>> a
>>>>> second seat, free of charge, for people traveling with assistance
> dogs
>>>>> in
>>>>> their economy cabin.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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