Minniemn:
I totally respect your .02 and we can respectfully disagree on this point.
You are a perfect candidate for a service animal and I hope you do not mind me using you as an example. What if you were somewhere without your rottie and you fell? If he could have prevented the fall, then it would have been worth any inconvenience you may have caused others even if they do suffer from allergies to dog dander.
The other good fact is that a disabled person with a service dog can choose at will when and where to take his/her dog. They can decide not to take the animal if they are going somewhere where they themselves would not feel comfortable having the dog, but the fact is THE OPTION WOULD BE THERE. This option is not only legal, it is encouraged.
If you travel to France, Germany or England people there are used to dogs everywhere so if they can do it there, I just wish it were more accepted here.
I certainly wouldn't want people who could benefit from a service animal not to do it because they were worried about the negative reaction. I think it is a beneficial law for dogs and people and no one should feel guilty about using it to their benefit if their situation warrants it and they choose to. |