Ada Dogs And Access To All Areas?

[kelpiecuddles]

Just wondering if anyone knows whether registered assistance dogs(and more specifically ADA puppies) are access all areas in the same way guide dogs are? Wondering whether an ADA puppy carer arrangement in the future would still allow us to travel through national parks, etc. :)

[minimax]

Why not ask the organisation you'd be caring for?

But I doubt they would as puppies, only once accredited.

Edited June 10, 2013 by minimax

[The Spotted Devil]

I know Guide Dog puppies don't have the automatic access rights that accredited GD have. Puppy carers ask permission of individual stores etc o

[kelpiecuddles]

Ah right, OK. I assumed GD puppies had the same rights, that's a bummer. I guess I'd have to ask NPWS what their policy is.

[minimax]

Ah right, OK. I assumed GD puppies had the same rights, that's a bummer. I guess I'd have to ask NPWS what their policy is.

Well the guide dogs have the access rights as they are performing a job for their owner, the puppy isn't performing a job yet.

[kelpiecuddles]

I realised that but was under the impression that they had access in order to get used to all situations, etc. I'm sure someone told me that many, many years ago but they must have been incorrect

[raineth]

Ah right, OK. I assumed GD puppies had the same rights, that's a bummer. I guess I'd have to ask NPWS what their policy is.

Well the guide dogs have the access rights as they are performing a job for their owner, the puppy isn't performing a job yet.

We see heaps of guide dog puppies accessing supermarkets etc here.

They have to go to these places so they can be used to them.

[Salukifan]

Ah right, OK. I assumed GD puppies had the same rights, that's a bummer. I guess I'd have to ask NPWS what their policy is.

Well the guide dogs have the access rights as they are performing a job for their owner, the puppy isn't performing a job yet.

We see heaps of guide dog puppies accessing supermarkets etc here.

They have to go to these places so they can be used to them.

I'm not sure why any kind of assistance dog in training would need to get specifically used to National Parks. Bushland is bushland to a dog. State forests would do IMO.

[Gertrude139]

When I raised guide dog puppies we had designated excursions to normally off limit places. So we would go to the shops to get them used it but it was always with a guide dogs trainer, we couldn't just go whenever we wanted.

I don't think they would be allowed in national parks while in training even with a guide dog trainer as like HW said there isn't really a need.

[kelpiecuddles]

It's not a big deal, I'm just starting to come to terms with the fact that when our girls wag their way off this mortal coil we might have to be dogless for wuite a while I was clutching at straws trying to come up with ideas of how we could have a dog but still do the extensive four wheel drive trips we have planned down the track LOL. Unfortunately the places we plan to go would often be in national parks which makes it impossible with a dog in tow and I'm not prepared to get a dog and then board it for long periods, unless my mum and dad would be willing to have it while we were away(which they might be if it was small to medium size and non-shedding and they weren't going to be away themselves, they only recently lost their old oodle at 16 years).