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When I pay good money to dine out I expect a quiet relaxing meal
At a fast food joint?
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and don't care to dine out or accommodate animals or screeching obnoxious children brought in by selfish people who demand that others forfeit their otherwise quite evening just for them. A local restaurant has a sign that animals are restricted to the outside eating area and cannot be fed or come in contact with restaurant tables, chairs, dishes or silverware.
Requiring them to eat outside does not apply to true service animals, but they aren't allowed any place off the floor.
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Imagine glancing over while a dog is eating off somebody's plate or fork.
Then it's not a service animal, or at least it's not behaving like one. Even a true service animal can be required to leave if it is causing a disruption (a real disruption, not someone just saying they don't like to see the animal).
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And what happens when it has to go to the bathroom while people are trying to eat?
A properly trained service animal would alert its owners and they would take them outside.
When I pay good money to dine out I expect a quiet relaxing meal and don't care to dine out or accommodate animals or screeching obnoxious children brought in by selfish people who demand that others forfeit their otherwise quite evening just for them. A local restaurant has a sign that animals are restricted to the outside eating area and cannot be fed or come in contact with restaurant tables, chairs, dishes or silverware. Imagine glancing over while a dog is eating off somebody's plate or fork. And what happens when it has to go to the bathroom while people are trying to eat?
Service dogs DON'T BEHAVE LIKE POORLY TRAINED PETS, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PETS!!!! You will never see a legitimate service dog eating off anyone's plate, sitting on chairs or trying to climb on tables. They are also house trained, same as any other well-trained dog. Their training goes far BEYOND that of a pet dog. They are not allowed to try to engage with people other than the one they are helping, or any other dogs or animals or indulge in normal canine behavior while they are working.
We're not discussing a pet dog being kicked out of a restaurant for misbehaving, we are talking about a dog trained to work as medical equipment being kicked out for simply doing the job it has been trained to do.
Service dogs DON'T BEHAVE LIKE POORLY TRAINED PETS, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PETS!!!! You will never see a legitimate service dog eating off anyone's plate, sitting on chairs or trying to climb on tables. They are also house trained, same as any other well-trained dog. Their training goes far BEYOND that of a pet dog. They are not allowed to try to engage with people other than the one they are helping, or any other dogs or animals or indulge in normal canine behavior while they are working.
We're not discussing a pet dog being kicked out of a restaurant for misbehaving, we are talking about a dog trained to work as medical equipment being kicked out for simply doing the job it has been trained to do.
The ignorance in this thread is astounding.
Indeed. And these animals don't smell or flatulate either...
When I dine out I do not care to associate or be around animals. Period!
The whole service animal thing has gotten out of control. Smashburger was willing to serve you the food, they just didn't want a dog inside. And to be honest, I don't think it's sanitary to have a dog in a restaurant either.
As long as the animal is under the owner's control, I don't see why it's unsanitary. People are fine eating in their house with dogs, or ordering from food trucks and then sitting on the park grass to eat it, where all kinds of rats and bugs have actually pissed and crapped on (not just dogs), and somehow they manage to not die.
I've been to countries that have restaurants that allow well-behaved dogs inside, and somehow they're doing just fine.
Joe, a service dog won’t do anything you mentioned. They are better trained then most people’s kids. They cost a fortune to train and are necessary for the person with a disability. I can’t believe in 2019 that people can still be so ignorant of the laws regarding service animals.
Joe, a service dog won’t do anything you mentioned. They are better trained then most people’s kids. They cost a fortune to train and are necessary for the person with a disability. I can’t believe in 2019 that people can still be so ignorant of the laws regarding service animals.
to be honest, 20 years from now people will still be ignorant regarding service animals. the reason is that people refuse to learn things like this.
I agree... They should be licensed and an official vest should be issued along with it with penalties for those that abuse the system.
The real looser here are the ones that have real legit needs for service dogs.
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