Thanks for the list of rides, but I have over 25 triPs so I know the rides and what we can go on with the dog.
Lock, I am a guide dog user, I personally would have returned my dog to the school if he or she was not trained to go in a kennel or be left alone for some time without me. I have to work and if my service dog was that sensitive he would not be a good service dog. I disagree with your statement of stressing the dog out several times a day. Service dogs are suppose to be trained to be friendly, but able to stay calm. Quiet and content for hours, in a kennel or on tie down. I have to get up and move around but my dog is to stay still until I tell him to move, other wise he will be in my way or others way.
I don't mean to be rude, like you were suggesting that I was somehow treating my dog bad for wanting to put them in a kennel and stress her out so we can go on rides. But this is why all service dogs should have to pass so e types of certification, and a dog that can not sit and behave for a few minutes in a kennel, would not pass the first and most basic obedience, called good citizenship. A dog that can not do a kennel for a few minutes would never make it thru guide dog training.
Jellybean if you can tell me once again, I can leave the dog in kennel, go with family and then get the dog, I do not need a family member to sit next to the dog. And we are going in march, but thanks for the sweet offer.
We are debating leave the dog at home and use human guide, which I am to independent on. Or take her but for those few rides we need to use the kennel, I think for us it is 5 in MK, 1 in AK, 1 in DHS and 2 in Epcot. So at most that means the dog is in kennel 25 minutes a day and away from me 25 min on the day we are in MK. I'm sure he is trained enough to do that, oh to get that I figure each ride we will have her in kennel 5 minutes during the ride, maybe longer for soaring.
As to diabetic and the dog comment it does make sense in a way. If the dog alerts the diabetic and the dog is left at exit, and many diabetics walk by he could be barking at each one of them. But I am not sure exactly how a diabetic dog works so maybe I am not thinking it correctly, maybe he can not or does not alert everyone. Anyway that is how I took it when they said that.
Last comment, I know all disabilities are different, I try to respect them all, although I get quite upset the ADA is so unfair. But I honestly don't think others ever really think about blind and what we really go thru, at least not in the same way. I am glad the blind sued. A few years ago we went DLR, when cars opened up. We were giving the accommodation like the
DAS and everyone else got. But it was not fear and it waisted so much time. As a family we waited our hour then went in the FP lane. Got to the Beginning and was told to step aside until the w/c people went, oh because half way up the FP lane we were separated and sent to the w/c line. That line is long. After about four groups of w/c who were behind us went a CM came and told us we had to separate our group. Half went on the next car and half stayed with dog. They came around and got off, so we should have been able to get on, no they made us get back in the long line of w/c people and wait again until we are up front, again they tell us to step aside and they let 4 groups of w/c people on. Then it was our turn. In all it takes us about 3 hours to ride the ride. We have been going for 20 years, we have not one family picture of us all on splash or space because we are always separated.
Then after all of this I get on a board for disabilities that no person with a service dog would want to stress the dog out that much. My well trained, able to be secured and trusted and have equal access to go anywhere dog will not be abused if she spends a few minutes in a kennel while I go on a ride. She will not be stressed out since she was trained, I can't believe a service dog owner would admit that there dog could not be trained to behave, that is a service dog I would not want on an airplane, if they can not be taught to behave in a closed area and be quiet for several hours. Honestly I don't think I would want him anywhere the public goes because he stated he could not be trained to stay in control.