service dog not allowed on NJ boardwalk - Page 4

Dragonfry,
LOL! I can so relate to that statement! I don't know how many times I've seen ill behaved children in public. No one asks their parents to control them or remove them. I read an article a while back about a restaurant that had a no child policy. lol I have no problem with kids, but they need to be well behaved if they are in a public eating establishment, it's not fair to the other patrons otherwise.

On the dog hair factor, my boy is groomed every single day and is always in great shape. He sleeps in the house and dog hair is just a part of life really.  In public, he's always impeccably clean.

GSDNewbie, thanks for posting that info about the allergies, etc. Both people need to be accommodated in some fashion and neither one (service handler or other customer) should be made to feel bad. 

Paul:
Believe me, we'd love to have a "normal life" and not have to use service dogs. However, this is just how it is. I'm thankful that I have such a "tool" to help me lead a more normal daily life.  The hair means nothing to me (and I try to keep it as minimal as possible),  when faced with seizures or the possibility of dying without my dog. I'd deal with a little fur in the car. :-)

It would be my hope that these issues with the ser_ice dog world could be resol_ed.  The only way that could really happen is by public awareness and education.  (sorry I ha_e a letter on my keyboard that won't type.  Bet you cannot guess which one it is.

Anyway I think the class would be a great idea to educate kids maybe first then they go home and educate their parents...  Like that idea a lot.

GSD Newbie:  your boy is fantastic, I hope my boy can be half that dependable.  What an inspiration.  Nan

Thanks Nans, are you training a service dog as in hoping your boy can be half that dependable?  I lucked in to this service dog. My only other gsd that had ability to scent my medical problems reliably, did not have the temperment or health to ever be considered a service dog candidate and was euthanised at 15 months old because of her temperment/health issues. My past female helped me with lower cabinets, low oven, carrying thigs, fetching dropped items, counter balance, lights and help with doors. I had a rough year of leg operations and she was a huge help but she never did pick up the scent work I needed and I was not knowledgable enough at that time about it and never used her in public as I was not driving. She was a great help around the home. This current dog, Ulf, I cannot imagine life without and is the gsd I have searched ten years for. To bad cloaning is not really a copy of complete same dog........

you are most welcome PMWatch, maybe one day people will not look at us like we are freaks.
The only thing we can do is educate.

Dragonfry, I have noticed they always try to put service dog handlers near kids or restrooms these days and both suck...... The kids are harder to control, not the parents are actually doing it when out eating it seems but also people afraid of dogs end up having to go past your dog or changing their minds on way to restrooms. They are not supposed to segregate you off to another part of the restaurant with service dog but again it is that lack of education.......

PmWatch  My heart goes out to you. I am not against service dogs where ever they are used. I was just bringing out the other side of the coin.

My wife works her butt of keeping a clean house and I put a lot of effort in not bringing hair or any nasty in the house even if I have to change before I come in the house.

I am sure my dogs offend many who get anywhere near my truck, so I try to park away as much as possible. Except those that take multiple parking spots, then I might park next to them. Sometimes I just can't help myself. lol
 

Happy wife, happy life...........

"My wife works her butt of keeping a clean house and I put a lot of effort in not bringing hair or any nasty in the house even if I have to change before I come in the house."    She is very lucky :) I love to keep an emaculate house as well and had three males in the home that did not care as much as you do.

"Except those that take multiple parking spots, then I might park next to them. Sometimes I just can't help myself. lol"   AGREED!!!!


 In all sincerity, I do my absolute best to be courteous and respectful to others in my use of a service dog. An example is right now our community pool. I swim adult swim in the mornings with my dog present in the shade at the end of pool in down stay. This is the time of day the surrounding areas has not been made hot for him. There are no parents trying to control children. It is only us old ladies trying to keep fit and he even alerted to one of those with the same medical condition one day this summer. I do not get to swim at other times doing this because I only go at the rest of the day if I have a "service human" most times my husband. 

The dog is a mixed blessing for my husband. He now gets solid sleep at night because he is not sleeping light and checking on me through the night. He does not have to call home and check on me being able to answer and being worried I've gone down while he is at work as he used to at least five or six times a day. The hard part is that he does not like to be stared at or be different. Being out with me with the dog brings that kind of thing full time. He is getting better at dealing with it. He had a hard time with me needing a cane and dealing with my surguries because he loves me and does not like to see me in pain or sad that I cannot do things I used to enjoy. I now fill that with milder activity things like schutzhund and other hobbies that are not as physical as what I used to be able to accomplish. As hubby says I have a very stubborn woman/wife please dont tell her she cannot accomplish something. 

Sunny and Fry : 

To Paul Garrison:  I also park sometimes WAAAAAAAAAAY out so I CAN take up too spots;  if someone parks right next to me I cannot get in my van as  I have a rear lift with side controls which I have to be able to get to so that I can open my van doors.  Are  you the one that left me that nasty note on my windshield which I could not reach from my wheelchair??  Shame on you.  Bad, bad boy.  I forgive you for now and in all seriousness, Please don't park right next to a black full size dodge van.  Happier days everyone,  Nan

PS:  Probably not a good idea to park next to any van with a lift, side or rear.  JMHO

Nans if he is talking same type people parking that I am it is new cars angled slightly catacorner across two spaces so that no one walks by their vehichle. I also drive a full size van and I believe what you are talking about is different. They just do not make the spaces wide enough for our van doors and width of vehichle. If my leg is hurting real bad, I will use my handicapped placard and use a van spot but almost always I park further down in emptier areas.

Nans
I respect handicap vehicles and know how to recognize them. Leave a note? Not me, Remember I am the asshole with the mean dog in the back of his truck trying to eat you. You are too funny. I park in the back and once in a while in the fire lane at Walmart just for the wide eyed looks. You are right respect the handicap no matter what.