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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an ex friend who is one of these crazies. Has a “service dog” vest for her dog who is a very good dog but not a service dog. She turned out to be an entitled manipulator and this sort of thing went right along with it. These people tend to be delusional and/or narcissists. I can’t with this type of person.

And I love dogs! I have a dog, and he is a de facto emotional support animal. But I don’t need him every hour of the day and would never bring him where dogs aren’t allowed or present him as a service dog.

There needs to be a law change. Presenting your dog as a service dog when they are not in order to derive some benefit is somewhat akin to impersonating a police officer. Real police carry ID and are verifiable. Why not photo IDs for service dogs on a national registry? The ADA has created an unfunded mandate and unreasonable burden on private businesses to manage this.

Heck, maybe if I am RIF’ed this could be my startup/lobbying cause.[/quote]

Totally agree. People with "emotional support animals" are a priori bad people. Like you said, narcissist and manipulative.

I wonder how handicap parking tags are verified? Let's have that for service animals. [/quote]

Medical documentation is required I believe.

The problem with equating accessible parking and the documentation needed with service animals is because there are many disabilities that wouldn’t rise to needing a service animal and those who need service animals that wouldn’t benefit from accessible parking. They’re totally different needs.

PP is right. The real victims here (of both parking and service animal liars) arrested people with invisible disabilities. It really sucks for them.[/quote]

Obviously the specific requirements would be different for a service dog and a handicap sticker but I agree with the PP that they could be handled in a similar way by the same authority. Handicap stickers requiring proof of physical disability needing you to be closer to the entrance and a service dog requiring one of a specific list of medical issues AND proof that this specific dog (microchipped) is trained by an authorized trainer to conduct those specific duties, like a license for that dog. And all for the same reasons - that some people have no moral compass and will take advantage when they can.[/quote]

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