Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I'm given pause because the OP won't disclose the qualifying disability for a "service dog".
I'm also concerned that they felt the need for his daughter to have a "service dog" in Wal Mart (busy distracting place for any animal), despite the OP being with his daughter.
(note to self-I need a service monkey)
Why does he need to disclose the disability to need a service dog? It's none of your business.
Why can't you have a service dog in a retail location? Are blind people that use guide dogs going to leave their dogs outside as they walk blindly around a store? :roll: I'm not saying the daughter has such a severe disability, but you have to realize, if you need a service dog in public, it means you'll also need it as you go through a store. It's not like your disability vanishes when you walk through the automatic doors.
Um, he posted about it in a public forum, all it takes for a dog to become a "service dog" is a harness/vest and someone to say it's a service animal.
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Does a "service dog" give CPR, render first aid, administer drugs, summon help? Honestly, all a service dog will do in a setting like Wal Mart is complicate rendering aid to someone that needs it.
I see a hundreds of severely disabled folk get along quite well without a service animal, and am constantly amazed at the lengths people will go to to keep a
companion animal with them. Stretching the limits of the definition of service animals does the owners of true service animals a significant disservice.
For instance, if my child required a service animal, I wouldn't take the animal into freaking Wal Mart.
I still want a
service monkey (and I'm taking him to Target)