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Pet Policy
overview
Pets
- During registration guests must include information about any pet that will be accompanying them/their group to Clearwater Forest.
- Guests staying in the campgrounds, Woodchuck, or the Carriage House are permitted to bring pets.
- Pets are not permitted in any building except Woodchuck and Carriage House. If pets are discovered in any other building, a $500 fee will be charged to sanitize the building. Any pet coming to Clearwater Forest must have proof of up-to-date shots.
- If an animal has been criminally charged (biting) and is registered as a dangerous animal, they are not allowed on site.
- Pets must be on leashes at all times and under direct supervision of the guest (i.e., they cannot be left alone).
- Dogs that bark excessively and are not able to be quieted will be required to leave Clearwater Forest along with their owners.
- Owners must clean up after their own animals or a $100 fine will be charged.
- Pets are not allowed in the beach/swim area
- No dogs can attend events with Clearwater Forest program campers (Ex: pick up, drop off, closing worship…)
Service Animal Policy (2018)
It is the intent of Clearwater Forest to follow the guidelines for service animals established by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Overview:
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- Beginning on March 15, 2011, only dogs are recognized as service animals under titles II and III of the ADA.
- A service animal is a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability.
- Generally, title II and title III entities must permit service animals to accompany people with disabilities in all areas where members of the public are allowed to go.
- Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability.
- Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.
- When it is not obvious what service an animal provides, only limited inquiries are allowed. Staff may ask two questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability, and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform. Staff cannot ask about the person’s disability, require medical documentation, require a special identification card or training documentation for the dog, or ask that the dog demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task.
- A person with a disability cannot be asked to remove his service animal from the premises unless: (1) the dog is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it or (2) the dog is not housebroken.
- All service dogs that meet the above description will be accommodated at Clearwater Forest.
- Any person with an emotional support dog may request our animal friendly accommodations (Woodchuck and the Carriage).
All other Clearwater Forest rental policies are to be followed.