Another example of abuse of the law. People from some cultures don't even like seeing pets kept indoors, let alone in stores & restaurants. Years ago I would see a seeing eye dog once a year. Now I see four or five service dogs a week. Some of these people I know several things about. If all of the medication they are taking is not working, I doubt the dog will help. In fact as overmedicated as they are, I doubt they are taking proper care of the animal. It's sad.
The same people are stocking up on puppy pads so they can let their dogs piss in the house, buying bags and bags of dog treats and then make food purchases with EBT cards. Nice.
This too much, all dogs are service dogs. Who the heck are we to say that any dog isn't.
Only people I can think of who object to service dogs are the Muslims that fear them more then pigs.
Anyone for any reason needs a dog , the ADA comes in here. Federal act that allows a service dog to go anywhere the owner is allowed to. There are laws that also say that the dog must behave themselves and not cause concern for the safety of the public.
One can train their own dog to be of service if they wish, depends on the needs of the person. A medical service dog to detect fluctuations in sugar in diabetics, a dog to detect an up coming seizure
dogs trained to note an irregular heart beat cost, over $20,000 ------Some of us luck out and have an untrained dog that saves our lives.
Me, I had a Rottie rescue dog that out of the blue began to lick my leg in just one spot. Really annoyed me but the dog was fixated on that one place on my calf just below the knee. One day the dog for no reason ran full bore into my leg with her cement block head and I had to go to the ER for X rays. No broken bone but a big tumor growing on the bone. I ended up in Boston General under the care of the Oncologists scared out of my mind. Fortunately it was not Cancer the tumor removed and a large pin and some ones bone placed in to hold it all together.
My Dog saved my leg, had I not had this dog that I adopted on a whim, as thin as the bone was getting from the tumor munching its way without pain, not to my knowledge, I would have lost that leg in 2 years.
I am told it is the smell, dogs pick up on changes in a human body and react to them. When nervous dogs react to the smell and cuddle, when afraid dogs pick up the cent of fear and either go to protect their master no matter how big or small.
Only civilization on earth that does not value the Dog is the Muslims, this will be their downfall eventually, some where someone will take the dogs of war into a Muslim compound and turn them loose, this is what I expect so many are afraid of.
