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re: Should I be skeptical when I see service dogs with apparently healthy people?

Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:13 pm to
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
51886 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:13 pm to
Unless you are a business owner, why do you give a shite wasting time thinking about how to categorize other people's service dogs in the first place?
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97608 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:15 pm to
My yorkie helps with my anxiety
Posted by MrSmith
Member since Sep 2009
8311 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:15 pm to
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Or they can be put on medication if their mental health is so bad they need to bring a dog with them everywhere.

Just what people need. Medicate everyone
Posted by Jizzy08
Member since Aug 2008
11214 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:19 pm to
Yes, you should medicate someone with seizures instead of giving them a dog. Yes, you should medicate someone with severe PTSD instead of giving them a dog.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
33845 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:22 pm to
There are dogs that pick up things off the ground and open doors and other things for people who can’t bend down or bend over but look normal when standing up straight

There’s a big differ nice between service dog and support dog. Service dogs have to actually pass tests, emotional support dogs just have to pay for a vest
This post was edited on 10/22/17 at 2:23 pm
Posted by Peazey
Metry
Member since Apr 2012
25418 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:24 pm to
I'd say that makes you a presumptuous a-hole. How do you people find so much energy worry about things that don't affect you?
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
33844 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:24 pm to
I want an ESA dig to bite me. The owner will have the option to be sued or stand up in a public forum and admit how they bused the system in a way that is disingenuous to people with real disabilities.
Posted by Peazey
Metry
Member since Apr 2012
25418 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:25 pm to
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emotional support dogs just have to pay for a vest


That's a pretty impressive trick in itself. Do these dogs use credit or do they carry cash?
This post was edited on 10/22/17 at 2:26 pm
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
29954 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:26 pm to
I personally only know 2 people with service dog vest for their dog. Both got theirs online, have no diagnosis and admit it is only so they can take their dog where they want.

So, yeah, be skeptical.
Posted by McCaigBro69
TigerDroppings Premium Member
Member since Oct 2014
45084 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:26 pm to
A girl I know has her dog registered as a service animal and did so solely to not have to pay a pet deposit at her home.

You’d probably be surprised how many are bull shite lol
Posted by Corch O
HereWhat
Member since Oct 2017
304 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:27 pm to
quote:

Yes, you should medicate someone with seizures instead of giving them a dog. Yes, you should medicate someone with severe PTSD instead of giving them a dog.Thanks

Right.
Posted by thegreatboudini
Member since Oct 2008
6440 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:28 pm to
Well, my service dog is a seizure awareness dog. It just so happens that I’ve never had a seizure.
Posted by GCTigahs
Member since Oct 2014
2026 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:28 pm to
Nope, dogs are cool. But let me see the same person park in a handicap spot. I call them a malingerer to their face and their confusion is glorious.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
19837 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:29 pm to
Dont let the little things bother you. In the grand scheme of things, who gives a shite? Unless the dog is licking my plate in a restaurant idgaf

Some ppl are legit in having them, some ppl just want the attention.. i wouldnt waste the effort or time in trying to determine which is which.
Posted by MrSmith
Member since Sep 2009
8311 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:30 pm to
quote:

Yes, you should medicate someone with seizures instead of giving them a dog. Yes, you should medicate someone with severe PTSD instead of giving them a dog.

If the dog helps and they don't need meds, they're much better off not becoming a zombie on SSRI's man
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:32 pm to
I met a snowflake with one in line behind me and my 3 year old to meet a character at Disney world. She was yapping with a friend. Apparently she just broke up with her boyfriend and picked the dog up at a pound. So I had a non trained new to the owner German Shepard behind my son and it was allowed because a doctor wrote a slip saying she was emotional.
This post was edited on 10/22/17 at 2:33 pm
Posted by Champagne
Already Conquered USA.
Member since Oct 2007
48247 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:33 pm to
Give them an anal exam to determine their Gayness.
Posted by NeonSunburst
Member since Oct 2010
2798 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:34 pm to
I actually know a really fat lady that takes her dog everywhere. Even Disney. Very apparent she doesn't need a service dog just because she's too fat to walk.i know her health conditions and she's definitely one of those that abuses the system to take her dog everywhere. Beats paying kennel fees I reckon .smh.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
19837 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:35 pm to
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I met a snowflake with one in line behind me and my 3 year old to meet a character at Disney world. She was yapping with a friend. Apparently she just broke up with her boyfriend


My God, its happening. We're a society of pu$$ies. Sly tried to warn us of this years ago with Demolition Man. We didnt listen.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
45066 posts
Posted on 10/22/17 at 2:42 pm to
Some times, maybe. But you just never know. the Friday before the BYU game I was in the Academy store in Hammond. I was looking at some LSU shirts and there was a guy there with service dog. We struck up a conversation about the game and it eventually led into his dog and why he had him. I am normally skeptical of some of these situations because there is a lot of abuse of this. He told me he was a Veteran and I told him I was as well. We talked about our service and after a short time you could just tell this guy had some serious problems.
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