agnerd said:
Love Gun said:
AggieBaseball06 said:
Service animals aren't required to wear vests or anything that identifies them as a service animal.
Correct, but managers have the right to ask:
1. Is that animal a service dog; and
2. What special tasks does this animal perform?
If the person with the dog cannot answer both of these questions, they need to GTFO. The bad part is people these days lack the courage to ask and are too worried about offending people.
Problem is that #1 you don't have to provide any proof that your dog is a service dog and #2 people are liars. Nothing stopping me from taking a Chihuahua into HEB, saying it's a service dog and that it has been trained to alert to my (nonexistent) seizures.
Very specific example that I actually witnessed last month in TPA. Woman was getting ready to pre-board because, well she had a "disability" of some kind. She was holding a chihuahua, and a guy next to me started asking her about it.
Her: "oh this is my service animal. He and I have a very close bond. He actually saved my life when he alerted me that something was wrong. It turns out I almost had an aneurism. He detected it and alerted me to it!!! Now he has to go everywhere with me to alert me of possible aneurisms."
Is **** you not. That's almost verbatim what she said. The "service animal" fad is so far out of control, I don't know how it can be reeled back in. It's really unfortunate. Those who abuse the system only end up screwing the people and creating stigma for those who actually need have an issue.