I really did not want to go here again yet you continually bring this up. Why I don't know.
I do not think anyone has a "problem" with dogs being used as service animals if someone has a real disability. I know many people that get thru the day with high blood pressure and they control it with medication.
I am all for someone having a TRAINED dog to alert them to the onset of a seizure etc. But to say an animal is a service dog that has had no formal training is stretching it. The actual service dogs have gone thru extensive training. What you seem to continually describe is a therapy dog, there is a big difference. I just had a conversation with my neighbor on this subject today. She has had therapy dogs and service dogs. There IS a difference.
Most of the restaraunts and buildings that do not allow dogs in our state do not say "service dogs only" they say "guide dogs only".
I do enjoy good health, I am lucky. But if I had high blood pressure or a migraine I simply can't see twisting the laws that are there for people that need them so I can take my dog to the mall. IMO it just really makes people question the animals that are truly needed. |