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Mean Judge rules that disabled girl cannot have assistance animal June 28, 2003. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A federal judge refused to allow a miniature horse as a house pet for a 9-year-old with a spinal defect. Judge R. Allan Edgar ruled that her family must obey a city law prohibiting horses without a permit. The family argued the girl, Tiffany Masters, was so disabled she needed the horse to help her walk. But the judge disagreed. The child was born with spina bifida, a degenerative spinal condition. Lawyers for the family contended that the 140-pound horse, named Keepsake, is a service animal, similar to a guide dog. The family lives in Jasper, 18 miles west of Chattanooga. "It's an unpleasant situation," city attorney Zach Kelly said. "It's not that the city wants to deprive the little girl of a pony."

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Get the Book!           Helping Hooves The Guide Horse Foundation Training Program to Train  Miniature Horses  as Guide Animals for the Blind Janet Burleson ISBN 0-9744486-0-5 Retail Price $34.95 Order Now!   Read the compelling story of the first miniature horse trained to work as a guide horse. Learn the exciting methods used to prepare the tiny horses to perform these amazing services.   A portion of the proceeds from sales will benefit the Guide Horse Foundation.     Quotes:   Janet Burleson is one of the world's pioneering horse trainers – Practical Horseman Magazine   Seeing is believing – USA Today   Janet and Don Burleson are  . . . Angels – People Magazine   How wonderful that Janet and Don Burleson have initiated this valuable experimental program teaming miniature horses with blind people – Newsweek   Miniature ponies are leading the way for the blind – ABC News   Guide Horses  . . . are as small and disciplined as Guide Dogs – TIME Magazine   Extraordinary – ABC 20/20   It is often the little things that win our hearts and minds – ABC News   The Burleson’s are . . . using horse sense to Guide – Boston Globe   Twinkie proved that miniature horses could fill the role, and fill it well – VetCentric Magazine   An Intriguing Program - Discovery Channel

Now you can read the book that tells the story of the development of the Guide Horse training program! Learn the techniques used to train a reliable, safe service horse.             Helping Hooves The Guide Horse Foundation Training Program to Train  Miniature Horses  as Guide Animals for the Blind   Janet Burleson ISBN Retail Price $34.95 Order this book now and get 20% off the retail price!   Only $29.95 Buy Now!   Read the compelling story of the first miniature horse trained to work as a guide horse. Learn the exciting methods used to prepare the tiny horses to perform these amazing services.   A portion of the proceeds from sales will benefit the Guide Horse Foundation.       Quotes   Janet Burleson is one of the world's pioneering horse trainers – Practical Horseman Magazine   Seeing is believing – USA Today   Janet and Don Burleson are  . . . Angels – People Magazine   How wonderful that Janet and Don Burleson have initiated this valuable experimental program teaming miniature horses with blind people – Newsweek   Miniature ponies are leading the way for the blind – ABC News   Guide Horses  . . . are as small and disciplined as Guide Dogs – TIME Magazine   Extraordinary – ABC 20/20   It is often the little things that win our hearts and minds – ABC News   The Burleson’s are . . . using horse sense to Guide – Boston Globe   Twinkie proved that miniature horses could fill the role, and fill it well – VetCentric Magazine   An Intriguing Program - Discovery Channel       About the Author:   Janet Burleson     Janet Burleson is the pioneering horse trainer that developed the Guide horse training program. As a lifelong horse training enthusiast, Janet Burleson has experimented with hundreds of horse behavior challenges.  With four decades of horse teaching experience, read how she trained Twinkie, the prototype first experimental Guide horse for the blind and Cuddles  the first Guide horse to enter full time service as a guide animal for Dan Shaw.

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