Julie,
How could I forget my furry friends? I would love to have them all in a
room and just pet them til my hands get sore.
Smile!
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "JULIE MELTON" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Seeingeye-l] got this from a friendFw: BlindNews: Assistance
Dogs
> nd don't forget the dog from Denver, Lear, AKA King Lear. Vicki also has
> a
> dog named Rory.
>
> JulieMelton
> visit me at
> 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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