Fake Service Dogs

[Watertender]

Every Defect and their Cousin needs their Emotional Support Gerbil!!!

Only in Than Fran-thithh-co!

 

[John in WYO]

OP,

Read your local city ordinances or county regulations or state law regarding dangerous animals.

Proceed accordingly if you encounter a threatening biting dog.

Let local authorities handle it.

Understand and know the law(s).

They should be online for your city/state.

 

[Watertender]

I just talked to a K9 officer who is a longtime friend. He told me to call him if I see this dog again and he will handle it

 

[Dave P.]

OP,

Read your local city ordinances or county regulations or state law regarding dangerous animals.

Proceed accordingly if you encounter a threatening biting dog.

Let local authorities handle it.

Understand and know the law(s).

They should be online for your city/state.

Locally the "authorities" would do absolutely nothing unless they had a body laying somewhere half eaten.
They might humor you and listen while you complained..er, reported it.

 

[Jack Ryan]

I know some stores welcome animals. I don't like when they are in the grocery store or in a restaurant unless they are true service animals. I have witnessed some very stupid things with dogs in stores. If you have an aggressive dog do NOT bring it in a store where it may try to fight with other dogs or get nasty with people. I will not tolerate any animal that does not act right or is prone to being aggressive. I have posted about an interaction with a race horse in other threads and the outcome of the situation. It was a good thing that the horse didn't get ahold of me with its teeth... I feel bad for delivery people and mail carriers dealing with dogs. Sometimes there are exceptions and you have decent dogs to deal with.

Years ago I was hauling gravel regularly from a pit on a rural road. At the one corner there was an Airedale dog named Corky. Corky was a very nice well behaved dog and knew the sound of my International Harvester KB6. He would sit by the driveway and when I would stop at the stop sign he would bark to me. I started carrying a box of dog biscuits in the truck and soon had Corky sitting up and speaking for his treat. One day my dad used the truck to get a load of gravel and Corky ran out for his treat. Dad didn't know about the box of biscuits and when I told him he got a good laugh. So the next time dad went past with the KB6 he gave Corky a biscuit

You would have been doing Corky more of a favor to spray him in the face with pepper spray and he would stay away from the road the rest of his life instead of running toward it.

 

[Watertender]

You would have been doing Corky more of a favor to spray him in the face with pepper spray and he would stay away from the road the rest of his life instead of running toward it.

He sat at the end of the driveway. Corky had more class and manners than a lot of people. I never saw him go in the road and he would wag his tail from his ears back because he was a lovable dog. There used to be a remedy for bad dogs involving a corn cob and turpentine that would be better suited for some people....

 

[Stantheman1986]

The issue is , it's too easy to pay some Scheister Dr to "register" your dog as a Service animal

It gets ridiculous , people have service ferrets, service cats, therapy parakeets etc and they bring these things all over the place with "paperwork " that most businesses won't challenge

 

[KIR]

I need an EMOTIONAL SERVICE Kitty... ;) :sneaky::cool::ROFLMAO:

 

[Jack Ryan]

Ah huh, if you say so. May be NY dogs are different.

 

[Jeepnik]

I always thought a emotional support bunny would be nice. But, I don’t even know if Playboy has them anymore.

 

[trebor44]

How many have seen a worm crawling out of a dogs butt vs a child smearing nose drippings ......

 

[gramps]

Locally the "authorities" would do absolutely nothing unless they had a body laying somewhere half eaten.
They might humor you and listen while you complained..er, reported it.

This may be true in your area, but believe me in the little towns Of Tn cops, take care of these situations, because we don’t have animal control per se.
gramps

 

[g5m]

Used to know a guy who put a 'service dog' vest on his dog so he could fly with him.

 

[Hvymax]

I hardly considered taking my previous dog around people or other dogs. He was an alpha magnum 130lb of muscle lab. Friendly but he would raise a leg on any dog he saw as lesser. Also it didn't matter who got the retrieve first. He would hold them underwater till they coughed it up and he would bring it back. That didn't go over too well at Field Trials.

 

[cowboycopus]

When this guy was less than one year old, we were in FLA. visiting friends. Checked into a motel with him on a leash rather than ask if he was allowed to be there. Desk clerk said there would be a cleaning charge then asked if he was a service dog, if he was there would be charge.
I answered, "he is still in training". Got away without paying the charge and I did not lie.

 

[Ride1949]

Good looking pup.

 

[Mobuck]

Quite often dogs are like children-always trying to see what they can get away with. When they are allowed to bend the rules, this becomes a habit. I handle/train dogs that have the potential to cause serious injury. No blurring of the lines is allowed. Just a few days ago, I hit a young dog (still sort of in training phase) with my fist hard enough to knock off her feet. She has not repeated the mistake she made that day. This was not abuse, simply strict adherence to the rules I've set. Sometimes it's not me who does the correcting. Several times one of the older dogs has snapped at a young dog in training for mistakes in conduct.

 

[KIR]

RE: That car in the handicapped zone. There is a $250 fine in our town. Try calling the cops if the city won't do anything about it. Or maybe AARP, get those old folks after the perpetrator.
I, on the other hand am looking for an emotional service parakeet, but I can't find a vest small enough for him. ;)

 

[BearBiologist]

Similar inci

Here’s a great example. This is a city of Malibu vehicle parked in a handicap spot. When I called the driver on it he gave a smart a””response that it was just tough luck if a handicap person needed the spot. The city of Malibu refused to do anything.



But the CHP did.

Same thing in Carson City at the Cracker Box Diner. A stop every time we are in town. But th only handicapped spot is usually occupied by a City of Carson City pickup with no placard! The guy sits there drinking coffee (I guess-the rig is still there when we leave). Mentioned it to local LEOs and they just shrug!

 

[Jeepnik]

Similar inci

Same thing in Carson City at the Cracker Box Diner. A stop every time we are in town. But th only handicapped spot is usually occupied by a City of Carson City pickup with no placard! The guy sits there drinking coffee (I guess-the rig is still there when we leave). Mentioned it to local LEOs and they just shrug!

If the locals won't do anything about it, like the cops in Malibu, contact the State Patrol. That's what I did and it worked. Too bad it isn't Reno. I've got someone on the department there and I know he hates folks who park in handicap spots illegally.

 

[hfcable]

now that i am retired , i am getting an ' emotional support ' animal....... i have settled on an Emotional Support Porcupine [ ESP]...it is a bit like me, and should really make it easier to get through the crowds at airports, etc

 

[Watertender]

Some people need an emotional support weasel to match their personality

 

[Ride1949]

 

[Watertender]

To update the original post.... The so called "Service Dog" bit someone in a store and the dog was taken away from the owner.

 

[clintsfolly78]

I have an emotional support LCP ! She go with me most places and I haven’t had any emotionail problem.

 

[protoolman]

Considering most people only like their own dog, why as a society did we ever allow this to get started? Seeing eye dogs make sense all others don't. In special cases maybe the state health dept or somebody could issue a permit. Pets used to stay home now they go everywhere. I'd hate to be scared of dogs nowadays.

 

[Hvymax]

Considering most people only like their own dog, why as a society did we ever allow this to get started? Seeing eye dogs make sense all others don't. In special cases maybe the state health dept or somebody could issue a permit. Pets used to stay home now they go everywhere. I'd hate to be scared of dogs nowadays.

Because every defect needs to be accommodated by the whole world now.