Anonymous OP 2w

it just makes me mad bc my friend had a beautiful, so well behaved service dog and she was constantly getting ppl up in her face bc ppl who just buy a vest online and do no training whatsoever so their dog is reactive and at BEST an ESA cause trouble and not everyone wants to constantly deal with dogs causing trouble in their job

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Anonymous OP 2w

like pls just train your dog. i know they’re not gonna be perfect all the time but they should be able to go in public and not be reactive and out of control. it’s wild that ppl think that’s a big ask. i don’t think it’s fair to put disabled ppl in a spot where they have to constantly be interrogated bc ppl are sick of ppl walking in with a mislabeled pet who they just want to be there and who isn’t trained to do any proper SD tasks.

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Anonymous OP 2w

like i’m totally w the other person that tasks don’t have to pass some test of “being legitimate” to other ppl but dogs SHOULD HAVE ONE TO PERFORM. just bc something doesn’t make sense as a task doesn’t mean it isn’t a task, but i’m tired of untrained pets making it harder for ppl to just exist

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Anonymous OP 2w

YES exactly i completely agree. idc what kind of dog, what the purpose of the sd is (heart issues, fainting conditions, blood sugar, seeing eye dogs, etc.), or even the reason why the dog is being brought into that specific setting as long as the dog is ACTUALLY a service dog. ablebodied and nt people going around with fake service animals like that lady with the peacock on the plane just make life worse for anyone who actually needs that kind of accomodation, something that exists to bridge++

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Anonymous #1 2w

++gaps in the equality of our society. equity is a beautiful thing and these ppl taking advantage of this bs so that they can get ahead or do what they want is so ridiculous when they do not have any inequalities to be leveled out and society is already built around them

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Anonymous #1 2w

it’s ALWAYS bad pet owners doing it, too. it’s someone with a poorly trained dog who’s barking, growling, reactive, no training… so much work and love goes into SDs and the horrible thing is, on top of now having to constantly prove their dog is actually trained, i’ve seen SO MANY people who have to retire a dog early because of someone else’s pet. +

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Anonymous OP 2w

+ because someone’s pet attacks them in a store, and then even if they come out okay, it can make them reactive. and a lot of the time, they’re coming out needing stitches or more. it’s awful and it hurts my heart to see someone already struggling have to retire a dog, especially a young one. it’s not fair and shouldn’t happen. +

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Anonymous OP 2w

+ and a lot of the time, with the pet lacking training, i see people who just want the dog there for no reason or because they haven’t trained the dog to be left at home. i think lack of training like that is a form of neglect. it’s a problem i see even outside of this issue, that people just want a dog to come fully trained but won’t do it themself, so then they have no recall and can’t self soothe and have separation anxiety. pets should be left at home, and they need to be okay with that.

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Anonymous #3 2w

I HAPPEN to be lucky enough that my university disability center still allows him here since he helps me out around the house. I’m terrified even if I redo all his training a 3rd time he might still bark if enough bad conditions overlap

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Anonymous #2 1w

And sometimes folks just are lying about them being emotional support animals too, sadly. I remember a teammate tried pulling this at Costco, just blatantly deciding with his brother to just lie to the employee up front. :(

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