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Originally Posted by Mom2Lulu  There was a man who lived down the street from me and he had a Bichon Frise. He would take her everywhere. Once he was in the grocery store with her and was told dogs are not allowed. He whipped out a card stating she was a service dog, and they couldn't say anything about it, but obviously, he wasn't handicapped and she wasn't assisting him in that way. I wonder if this is where he got the card? |
Oh that is absolutely aweful! I don't care how attached to your dog you are, it is wrong to say that he/she is a service dog so you can bring it places! We are going through training with my son's dog Sunny to be an actual therapy/service dog, so this really bothers me. My son has a genetic disorder and that is why we are doing it. There are so many reasons why it is wrong to tell people you have a service dog when you don't. Service dogs (real ones
) are trained to not be afraid of things, including children running up to them, and although you should never just walk up and pet a service dog, kids do that sort of things all the time without asking, and if a dog has not be formally trained and bites the child, someone would look incredibly stupid in court telling a judge that their "service dog" just has this fancy certificate because they didn't want to leave it home while they do their running. I am sorry but this hits a nerve with me. That man should have just left his dog home like everyone else does. Gosh where do people get this sense of entitlement??