Water Park 2

We were planning to make up for last week. Another opportunity to take Buddy to a water park and we were going to give him the complete experience. Since the park is two hours away with no backup plan available, we contacted the resort to confirm that it would be okay for a guide dog in-training to spend the weekend and partake in the activities

After a few phone conversation to explain our situation, the Three Bears Lodge in Warrens, Wisconsin will not let Buddy accompany us to the villa or water park. We do not require his assistance, so they will deny him access. And if he is spotted in the villa, there is a big penalty.

Based on their decision, we informed them that we would not be patronizing their resort this weekend or anytime in the future. We also sent the definition of guide dog and a link to the Wisconsin statute.

"Service animal" means a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal that is individually trained or is being trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, including the work or task of guiding a person with impaired vision, alerting a person with impaired hearing to intruders or sound, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.

After spending time with the puppies and knowing how well behaved they are, the best leverage that we have is to take our business and go elsewhere. Therefore, if you need a water park in Wisconsin, we recommend the Polynesian in Wisconsin Dells. They were very accommodating to our four legged friend.

This is not the first time that we have had to explain our situation. Once businesses understand, they are usually willing to accomodate. It is the second time that our request for access has been denied after discussing the situation. The first was my employer CUNA Mutual in Madison.

Maybe they will reconsider.