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by Tinkerslug on 01 September 2015 - 05:09

I found a way around this when I lived in Florida. I had my gsd registered as a service dog. They cannot refuse to rent to you if it's a service dog!

by Blitzen on 01 September 2015 - 11:09

it not as easy as simply saying - I have a service dog http://servicedogcentral.org/content/node/285.

I live in FL so I am wondering who 'registered'  your service dog. I didn't know there were any such organizations anywhere.


Hundmutter

by Hundmutter on 01 September 2015 - 16:09

I'm beginning to have [a small amount of] sympathy with those people
who say they have a Service Dog when it isn't !
So glad to hear Mindhunt found an answer to her quest; and refreshed
to hear about so much help offered thru' PDB by Joan and others, this
IS a great site, is it not ?
When I was 'retired' from my live-in job 3 yrs ago I faced a similar dilemma..
Just the one GSD but its a very difficult housing situation here in the UK
too, if you have animals. Not sure the Insurance situation is quite as bad,
but it seems to be going that way.
I got lucky with the charitable Trust that is my 'landlord' now; eternally
grateful for that !

momosgarage

by momosgarage on 01 September 2015 - 17:09

As a I said earlier, "food allergy" detection dogs are a real thing, are more easily trained to "proofed level" when compared to a Guide Dog and leave the medical professional signing the note with little to no when "guilt" approving the service dog.

An allergy scratch test done on your back/arm, will also provide legal supporting evidence for the food allergy.

Peanut Allergy "Service Dog" is the most common I see these days, I recommend that peopled train it themselves according to Nosework Competition Standards, get a doctors note, do an independent test certification with a "food allergy" organization and be done with it.

If some asks to demonstrate how it works, a dog trained to the Nosework Sport standard, will be able to search on command in any environment, with the wind blowing, with heavy distractions in the background, with the markings and scent other dogs on the ground and through all that, will still be able to source the peanuts.



by hntrjmpr434 on 01 September 2015 - 18:09

I personally feel its shitty to register your dog as a service dog just so he/she can live with you, if you don't really need to have a service dog.

by hexe on 01 September 2015 - 19:09

hntrjmpr34, I agree with you whole-heartedly. I'm allergic to mushrooms, but only if I eat them--and I would no more train my dog to detect mushrooms so I could claim he or she was my 'service' dog than I'd claim my mushroom allergy was a DISABILITY, because it most certainly does NOT qualify as such. Nor does a peanut allergy qualify as a disability, according to the ADA: An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment.   What constitutes a 'major life activity', limitations thereof, and so forth is further expanded upon within the ADA, and can be reviewed here.

Not being able to eat or be around peanuts does not fit this description, anymore than not being able to be around poison ivy falls into that category. I have nothing but contempt for anyone who attempts to appropriate the provisions of the ADA for their own selfish purposes---there ARE ways to find rental properties that will accept a tenant with big dogs, it's just more difficult to find them than it is to find a rental if you're single, with no kids or spouse or pets, impeccable credit and zero baggage of any sort accompanying you through life.

 


Mindhunt

by Mindhunt on 02 September 2015 - 01:09

Finally got my internet up and running, had to replace my dryer plug, now having to figure out how to get Quint down here and save up for a laptop computer since my internship site does not supply computers. Weird..... Thanks for all the support from everyone. It's nice to know you are all there.

HeartHeartHeart

Fawnda and xbitetab and mom offered me a place to stay and somewhere to keep my dogs safe and sound.  It was nice to have options and not panic because I had no place to stay except a hotel with my dogs and U-Haul.  Hopefully in a year or two when I have to move again for my career, it will be a breeze.........

My family was a huge help in moving and even cleaned my home I just left because I had to leave immediately after packing the U-Haul.  My son drove down with me and helped me move everything in. He was amazing!!!!  Now if only my muscles and joints would quite complaining, it would be great...........

 


by joanro on 02 September 2015 - 01:09

:-)

momosgarage

by momosgarage on 02 September 2015 - 02:09

@hexe, your interpretation of the code is out of date, Food Allergy Detection dogs are considered genuine service dogs, per the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. Conditions that are "episodic or in remission" have been covered since 2008, as is noted, in the document you linked to. The catalyst for the change, was kids dying of suffocation from peanut allergies, during school hours. So, people claiming Food Allergy Detection Dogs are currently well within their legal rights to retain a properly trained service dog, specifically performing Food Allergy Detection . This isn't a loophole, the law was purposely changed to be more lenient.  This also doesn't included states that have service dog laws which are more lenient than ADA, on the books


fawndallas

by fawndallas on 05 September 2015 - 02:09

Glad you made it to Texas. Good luck with your internship. Contact me if you need anything.





 


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