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"Emotional Support Dogs".....SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 48126" data-source="post: 1654409"><p>Has anyone seen a real service dog??</p><p></p><p>They are insanely impressive. You know it when you see it. I have buddies who are paralyzed or amputees and the dogs literally open doors, guard them, get their attention when people are trying to speak to the owner, help them in and out of their chairs. It's awesome. I saw a dog that knew it's owners PTSD triggers and would literally smother their owner to get them to calm down.</p><p></p><p>Our greater Swiss mountain dog is a therapy dog. There are certain rules for service dogs. She counts as one but its extremely limited in her capacity. She's the dog you see at schools and in hospitals literally just making people happy. I think that's the majority of what we are seeing today. I love my dog and she's a sweet girl but her cert doesn't hold a candle to a service dog. A service dog is legitimately a working dog.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, purpose of the post is be careful confusing service dogs with therapy or emotional support dogs. Service dogs are legit and sometimes you can't tell certain folks disabilities. But I agree people are abusing something as serious as the title of a service dog for their own personal benefit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 48126, post: 1654409"] Has anyone seen a real service dog?? They are insanely impressive. You know it when you see it. I have buddies who are paralyzed or amputees and the dogs literally open doors, guard them, get their attention when people are trying to speak to the owner, help them in and out of their chairs. It’s awesome. I saw a dog that knew it’s owners PTSD triggers and would literally smother their owner to get them to calm down. Our greater Swiss mountain dog is a therapy dog. There are certain rules for service dogs. She counts as one but its extremely limited in her capacity. She’s the dog you see at schools and in hospitals literally just making people happy. I think that’s the majority of what we are seeing today. I love my dog and she’s a sweet girl but her cert doesn’t hold a candle to a service dog. A service dog is legitimately a working dog. Anyway, purpose of the post is be careful confusing service dogs with therapy or emotional support dogs. Service dogs are legit and sometimes you can’t tell certain folks disabilities. But I agree people are abusing something as serious as the title of a service dog for their own personal benefit. [/QUOTE]
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