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Dog helps woman [Therapy Dog] give birth [UK]
Your Jewish News ^ | Jan 28, 2013 | Ryan Lee Hall

Posted on 01/29/2013 2:56:13 AM PST by expat1000

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1 posted on 01/29/2013 2:56:27 AM PST by expat1000
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To: expat1000

Please PING this over to the FRper who does the pings for the dog stories. Thanks! :)=^..^=


2 posted on 01/29/2013 3:13:50 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: expat1000; Joe 6-pack

Okay... to each his own. I just wanted my husband and the epidural. Silly me...


3 posted on 01/29/2013 3:34:54 AM PST by momtothree
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To: momtothree

Seriesly...I love my dogs but sure wouldn’t want an animal in the delivery room. People are weird.
There is a peculiar over-affection for animals and treating them like people. I think it comes from the lack of respect for human life and the multi-cultural everything-is-equal attitude. Saw a shared post from a dog trainer I know that said “like a baby, Chihuahua puppies have a soft spot on their head that closes as they age” accompanied by a soft-focus closeup aren’t-I-the-cutest-baby-dog photo. Just weird.


4 posted on 01/29/2013 3:51:07 AM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: expat1000

“The dingo ate my baby!”

(or maybe the dog just ate the afterbirth)


5 posted on 01/29/2013 3:58:27 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: visualops

“... just weird”.

I agree. Don’t get me wrong.. love my doggies but sheesh. My younger SIL actually sent out birth announcements when she purchased two puppies. Yes, she did. She referred to them as “twins” and some of her weird friends actually purchased “baby gifts”.


6 posted on 01/29/2013 4:21:18 AM PST by momtothree
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To: expat1000

The “therapy dog” scam is widely used by airline passengers to avoid paying charges to transport the animals. It’s easy to do - just Google up “service dog patches”. A $10 bill and you’re in business.


7 posted on 01/29/2013 5:46:34 AM PST by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!

Computer Hope

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

8 posted on 01/29/2013 5:54:36 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!

Computer Hope

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

9 posted on 01/29/2013 5:55:20 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: QBFimi

If you go that route, you’ll end up in jail for fraud.

-Real- therapy [technically, “support”] dogs need a doctor’s ‘prescription’ and have much more limited access than *service* dogs.

People who scam the legitmate system wreck it for those who actually need a support animal.

Therapy dogs are the certified dogs who go to nursing homes and the like.

Support dogs fill the gap left over by trained and licensed service dogs, such as seeing eye, deafness dogs, wheelchair/mobility assistance dogs, etc.


10 posted on 01/29/2013 6:07:16 PM PST by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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To: Salamander

Good points all.


11 posted on 01/29/2013 10:07:37 PM PST by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. — Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: Salamander

>> ... doctor’s ‘prescription’ ...

I think you underestimate the willingness of people to scam the system. I volunteer at the airport two days a month and see nearly every dog in there with a “service” or “therapy” patch. We’ve been cowed into silence by the 1990 ADA act that enabled the nazi-like handicapped lobby. A quick eBay or internet search will get you supporting materials that’ll scare the begeezus out of anyone:

http://www.petjoyonline.com/Service-Dog-Patches-IDs-Tags-s/270.htm

>> People who scam the legitmate system wreck it for those who actually need a support animal.

Yup


12 posted on 01/30/2013 3:53:38 AM PST by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: Salamander

Indeed.

Linda-The-Dog is my best buddy, my home-security system, my constant companion, my comfort in my lonely widowhood, and my morning exercise pal, but I wouldn’t dream of scamming the system. It is not in my nature.

Also, if i am having a medical procedure, I would prefer her to be somewhere ELSE! She MIGHT think the doctor is HURTING me, and would NOT be amused. LOL!


13 posted on 01/30/2013 5:02:51 AM PST by left that other site (Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
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To: momtothree

If it was fun for her to do, what’s the harm? I can think of a lot worse things people do...gambling, drug addiction, abuse.


14 posted on 01/30/2013 5:39:46 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (Go Galt!)
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To: visualops

Jesus had animals around him when he was born...We are getting distanced from animals.
The relationship of love and kindness that animals bring is a positive for humans. It increases the respect for all living beings. I trust people who love animals much more than those who don’t.


15 posted on 01/30/2013 5:43:17 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (Go Galt!)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

“... what’s the harm..”

If you read my original point, I said to each his own. That being said... I still think it is wacky. There is love for family pets.. I love mine. However, they aren’t humans.


16 posted on 01/30/2013 5:47:00 AM PST by momtothree
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To: left that other site

Odin is a legal support dog.

The doctor gave me permission for him when hubby was about to undergo triple bypass and we didn’t know what would happen.

He has the patches, a mobility harness and the whole deal *but* I’ve never taken him into any place that doesn’t allow dogs anyway.

So far, I haven’t had to.

For ‘normal places’, thankfully, I still have hubby.

In my case, he is a tool I have the luxury of using but have not had the necessity.

Just knowing that I can if I need to gives me a lot comfort and actually makes it less likely that I need to use him in that capacity.

I err *very* much on the side of caution.

I would never dream of abusing his status by dragging him every place I go because in my heart, I would know that he was there because I *wanted* but not *needed* him to be.

However, there are those poor souls with crippling anxiety and social phobias who simply can’t go out in the world without their support animals.

*They* are the people who are being harmed by those who just want to take Fifi on the airplane with them.

So far the ADA has been extremely benevolent to those who need support animals but like everything else the ‘takers’ do, it’s going to eventually cause problems for the truly needful.

Having said all that, *please* support this noble and worthy cause:

http://soldiersbestfriend.org/


17 posted on 01/30/2013 11:57:23 AM PST by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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To: Eaker

Personal experience and a personal pet peeve.


18 posted on 01/30/2013 11:58:38 AM PST by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

“We are getting distanced from animals.”

Well....now there’s something nobody could ever accuse me of with a straight face.

;D


19 posted on 01/30/2013 12:00:47 PM PST by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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To: QBFimi
Fraud for greed.

“Service” animal is totally different from “Support” animal.

The latter needs no accreditation and can be trained by the owner but also forfeits certain ‘rights to access’.

The former is formally trained, accredited and ‘licensed’, if you will.

I would be very suspicious of a “service” patch, myself.

Odin's say “Support” and that's all he is *legally*.

He still has many of the same ‘rights to access’ as a Service dog but not all the rights, nor should he.

“Therapy animal” -should- ONLY be applied to dogs who visit hospitals, etc and they have to be certified for that access by way of certain training classes and ‘titles’.

I'm sorry people are jerking you around.

[not all ‘handicapped’ people are “Nazi like”. I'm quite reasonable, in fact]

20 posted on 01/30/2013 12:08:45 PM PST by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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