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SoCalyorkiLvr · 05-31-2005, 03:56 PM

I know that some members here are, for some reason, opposed to yorkies as service animals, or opposed to disabled people taking advantage of the service animal laws, unless the person is blind or deaf, but the fact is that the more people who train their animals to be service animals the more it benefits us all. Business owners right now are by and large ignorant of the law which makes it so hard for a person with a service animal to go to public places without harassment. I first found out about it because I read an article in my local newspaper about a disabled man who always had trouble taking his service dog (a lab, I think) into restaurants with him when he was feeling well enough to be out in public, which wasn't often. He actually had to have a couple of restaurant managers arrested civilly for barring him from entering with his dog.

The law was designed to make people's lives more normal and it is recognized that dogs have an ability to do this for us. This is an animal friendly forum and yet some people on here seem to feel that training a dog to help you live a more normal life as the law allows is somehow the wrong thing to do. I cannot figure it out.

All of my dogs are trained as service animals. It is quite easy to do in most cases and has been a great bonding experience for us and has helped me, my family members and my dogs. My dogs get to go everywhere with me and it is legal and not a violation of the health ordinances or anything else! What could be better?

I would never sugest that someone use the law in an unlawful way. The fact is that the majority of us have long term conditions that qualify as disabilities under the law. Whether you are hearing impaired, sight impaired, are a diabetic, have epilepsy or other seizure inducing conditions, have migraine headaches, are on medication, or whatever the case may be, the fact is that your little yorkie can be trained to assist you and if this is done, they then qualify as a service animal and must be allowed into all public places just as a person in a wheelchair must not be denied access due to the chair. Accomodations must be made.

We are talking about little yorkies here too, not the typical lab or retriever that's trained as a seeing eye dog or to pull a wheelchair. Our little guys are so small and usually no more of a disturbance than a small baby would be.

Anyway, I have never heard of a service animal that wasn't real. They are all real and, as I have offered before, and many of you have taken advantage of, I will assist anyone who wants to find out how to make their yorkie or other dog a service dog. Just PM me.

05-31-2005, 03:56 PM	#19
SoCalyorkiLvr BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,246	I know that some members here are, for some reason, opposed to yorkies as service animals, or opposed to disabled people taking advantage of the service animal laws, unless the person is blind or deaf, but the fact is that the more people who train their animals to be service animals the more it benefits us all. Business owners right now are by and large ignorant of the law which makes it so hard for a person with a service animal to go to public places without harassment. I first found out about it because I read an article in my local newspaper about a disabled man who always had trouble taking his service dog (a lab, I think) into restaurants with him when he was feeling well enough to be out in public, which wasn't often. He actually had to have a couple of restaurant managers arrested civilly for barring him from entering with his dog. The law was designed to make people's lives more normal and it is recognized that dogs have an ability to do this for us. This is an animal friendly forum and yet some people on here seem to feel that training a dog to help you live a more normal life as the law allows is somehow the wrong thing to do. I cannot figure it out. All of my dogs are trained as service animals. It is quite easy to do in most cases and has been a great bonding experience for us and has helped me, my family members and my dogs. My dogs get to go everywhere with me and it is legal and not a violation of the health ordinances or anything else! What could be better? I would never sugest that someone use the law in an unlawful way. The fact is that the majority of us have long term conditions that qualify as disabilities under the law. Whether you are hearing impaired, sight impaired, are a diabetic, have epilepsy or other seizure inducing conditions, have migraine headaches, are on medication, or whatever the case may be, the fact is that your little yorkie can be trained to assist you and if this is done, they then qualify as a service animal and must be allowed into all public places just as a person in a wheelchair must not be denied access due to the chair. Accomodations must be made. We are talking about little yorkies here too, not the typical lab or retriever that's trained as a seeing eye dog or to pull a wheelchair. Our little guys are so small and usually no more of a disturbance than a small baby would be. Anyway, I have never heard of a service animal that wasn't real. They are all real and, as I have offered before, and many of you have taken advantage of, I will assist anyone who wants to find out how to make their yorkie or other dog a service dog. Just PM me.