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Originally Posted by elegntorchid Why is it that the general opinion is that unless a person has some type of handicap that they should not take a pet with them anyplace??? What is wrong with people who just love pets and care them to a degree that they would want to take them out doing just that. What about the little elderly lady who lives alone and her pet is her only companion? I have been places that I would not even to think to take one of my yorkies due to making someone uncomfortable (restaurant, etc.) and see "service" dogs come in, shake, watch the hair fly all over, drool on the floor, all in the name of "service" dogs allowed. The same thing in grocery stores, and the individual will even have someone to help them, you need the "service" dog and your mom/friend to go to pick up groceries? I do not have a problem with training animals to help people live in a manner that allows them to care for themselves, but don't get ticked just because others want to share the world with their beloved pet also............ |
I don’t see anything wrong with people who want to take their pup everywhere with them. What I have a problem with is how some people think that is their right to take their pup with them. I feel that certifying you pup as a service dog unnecessarily is wrong. In doing so you are potentially making it harder for those who really “need” to take their pup with them to do so. If I needed a service dog for some reason and it suddenly became harder or stricter for me to have one because of some people having their dog certified just so they could take their dog with them I would be very upset. Personally I will be upset if it happens now and I don’t have need a service dog. As far as some service dogs not being clean enough or what not well hey if them having that service dog has allowed them to go to a college class(I had someone in one of my classes who had a lab)or go to the grocery store then I think I can suck it up a bit. I think maybe some of us take for granted the fact that we don’t need service dogs…..