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This could be a significant problem for people with severe allergies or asthma. Let's see what happens when someone has a fatal asthma attack because a dog was in an inappropriate place. I see dogs in way too many places, I am allergic but not terribly so, but I know people who get very ill around dogs.
This could be a significant problem for people with severe allergies or asthma. Let's see what happens when someone has a fatal asthma attack because a dog was in an inappropriate place. I see dogs in way too many places, I am allergic but not terribly so, but I know people who get very ill around dogs.
You bring up a very good point.
It WILL be interesting to the see the legal implications of such a situation.
Thought-provoking and insightful post.
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How about the little "therapy" dogs that people take on airplanes. It's great especially when they poop and you have the smell lingering throughout the cabin.
The law that protects this abuse was passed in 1996.
Given that even enforcement of demonstration of need would still leave seeing-eye dogs in restaurants, people who would suffer from fatal asthma attack from encountering a dog would still face that risk. ACA has a limit to the extent of the accommodation it calls for, and the invasiveness necessary to protect someone that readily inflicted with respiratory distress from the presence of dog fur would probably be over the threshold.
This could be a significant problem for people with severe allergies or asthma. Let's see what happens when someone has a fatal asthma attack because a dog was in an inappropriate place. I see dogs in way too many places, I am allergic but not terribly so, but I know people who get very ill around dogs.
They should get a service dog to desensitize from their psychosomatic allergic reactions.
Some people get asthma attacks just looking at black people.
Sometimes, just looking at pictures of black people!
Actually I DO think a lot of folks abuse the right of having a "service dog" with you in stores/restaurants etc. I tend to think a lot of times those are not real "service dogs" at all, but merely someone's pet with a purchased/home-made "service dog" jacket. Such folks are doing a diservice to those who ACTUALLY NEED/USE real service dogs.
Ken
This. Unfortunately, I believe that the above poster is right, that there are people who are totally abusing the "service dog" certification. That does a lot of damage to those who actually DO need their service dog. It pisses me off when people try to take advantage of a situation, just because they don't want to leave Fluffy at home.
I'd LOVE to be able to take my dogs anywhere with me, but I'm also not an ahole that tries to get some kind of "service animal" certificate for my dogs, just because of something I wish I could do. People who abuse these systems really tick me off, and when they are caught, they need to pay a hefty penalty.
For those who do actually need service dogs, tough crap if someone doesn't like them in a restaurant. Too fricken bad. Those people have just as much right as anyone else to go out and enjoy their lives, including dining out in a restaurant.
I've often wondered what's the deal with these dogs. I've seen people with dogs that are far too small as well as the wrong bread to be a guide dog in restaurants and stores with people that obviously were not blind. What are these dogs for?
That being said, I could care less if some individual at the Olive Garden had a dog with them providing it wasn't pooping on the floor. Honestly, fat people are more offensive and smell worse that most dogs do.
Why does the OP even care?
Actually I DO think a lot of folks abuse the right of having a "service dog" with you in stores/restaurants etc. I tend to think a lot of times those are not real "service dogs" at all, but merely someone's pet with a purchased/home-made "service dog" jacket. Such folks are doing a diservice to those who ACTUALLY NEED/USE real service dogs.
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