This is why socialism, communism and progressivism are always failures. They are too low IQ to account for human ability and nature to bend, expand and redefine rules into a sloppy, slovenly and somewhat smelly affair. Support animal meant a dog with a handle for a blind person. Now you're in an airplane seated next to a coyote. Only stupid people with the wisdom of a fruitfly push for those regressive and misery inducing philosophies.
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Exactly. Watched this play out at our hotel last summer while on vacation with a couple and their dog--barking, chasing squirrels in the courtyard, eating table scraps, etc. |
PP you replied to. Really? Wow, there should be some national certification issued that one can ask/show to reduce fakers. |
Half of the problem is there is no such thing as "the certificate." |
And this is what we need to change to stop people from lying about their pets being service animals. Service animals need to be licensed/registered, and the process should require both a prescription from a licensed medical/mental health professional and some type of certification from a service animal trainer or testing program that the animal in question is capable of both meeting the specific patient needs AND being in public without being a menace. |
There is a whole cottage industry now of people with pseudo-service dogs obtaining social media fame (and fortune) by creating content about their dogs. |
There is no real certificate. |
FFS whose dog isn’t an emotional support animal? I mean isn’t that the reason people get dogs (unless they’re working dogs like on farms)??? |
But then when they change the rules, people will make a HUGE stink...sort of like when Disney changed their accessibility rules. People abuse it and then it changes and then people get mad. |
You are potentially violating HIPAA. That certificate could tell you what disability the person had. https://www.hipaajournal.com/does-hipaa-apply-to-animals/ |
Yep. |
What are you talking about??? HIPAA prohibits health care employees from revealing people’s private health information. Nothing to do with restaurants or other businesses |
Shame them.
Seriously. Loudly tell them "I and everyone else in here knows that your dog is not a real service animal." and walk away. It is very effective. I've done this several times in restaurants. I also tell the manager that the reason why I'm leaving is because there is a non-service animal in there and I understand that their hands are tied. Because that is also true. Their hands are tied. My brother is a restaurant manger and fake service animals are a big problem for all restaurants. There is little they can do. All they can ask is 1. is this dog a service animal required due to a disability? and 2. what task is it trained to perform? And people can lie and there's nothing else they can do. The restaurants can't do anything unless the dog starts causing a disruption because yes, restaurants and stores can ask service animals to leave who are being disruptive. |
People SUCK. How about they also stop parking in handicapped parking WHEN THEY DO NOT HAVE PLACARDS OR TAGS and then I can’t find one for my disabled kid when we’re out. |
You are an unhinged moron. This has nothing to do with politics, least of all communism or socialism FFS. And I don't like dogs being everywhere and people faking that they are service animals. |