nd don't forget the dog from Denver, Lear, AKA King Lear.  Vicki also has a 
dog named Rory.

JulieMelton
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www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Seeingeye-l] got this from a friendFw: BlindNews: Assistance 
Dogs


> 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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