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  • SCOUT5
    He's right. I do not agree with him on the federal document. I think that should be handled on a state level.
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  • mogley98
    Their is some discussion that SAD are not much more than emotional support dogs but I get the point of the article.

    My wife has a registered therapy dog, not so much for her but he can calm others and he was attacked by a "service dog" it can go both ways.

    Also Service dogs are trained for a specific job and not all service dogs are non aggressive. FWIW
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  • Warbirds
    Who is your wife?s therapy dog registered with to prove it is legitimate?

    mogley98 wrote:
    Their is some discussion that SAD are not much more than emotional support dogs but I get the point of the article.

    My wife has a registered therapy dog, not so much for her but he can calm others and he was attacked by a "service dog" it can go both ways.

    Also Service dogs are trained for a specific job and not all service dogs are non aggressive. FWIW
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  • SCOUT5
    mogley98 wrote:
    Their is some discussion that SAD are not much more than emotional support dogs but I get the point of the article.

    My wife has a registered therapy dog, not so much for her but he can calm others and he was attacked by a "service dog" it can go both ways.

    Also Service dogs are trained for a specific job and not all service dogs are non aggressive. FWIW

    I guess your wife's dog is a therapy dog she takes places like nursing homes etc. for other people to share time with. The "service dog" that attack it, do you know if it was a trained service dog that broke training or a owner self papered service dog such as is discussed in the article?
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  • shootuadeal
    Emotional Support Animals or ESAs are the biggest crock of $hit out there. Swipe your credit card and take an online automated quiz and you get a certificate.
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  • drobs
    Friend of ours named Tom (RIP) was blind (genetic disease that causes extreme growth) and had a legit seeing eye dog. The dog had went through the formal training and had all the paperwork. However, the dog was horrible at it's job. Would chase after other animals, pull Tom off curbs, etc.

    Tom would bring that damn dog everywhere. It got to point where people with pets stopped inviting him to get togethers.

    It didn't help that Tom was hard core alcoholic and had one of those "know it all" personalities. He loved taking over conversations and bragging about how he did it bigger and better than everyone else. Whatever it was.

    I can't stand those types of people, tons of them in the contracting world. We stopped associating with him. He passed away a couple years ago.
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  • mogley98
    Not sure I'll have to ask her something like National Therapy dog association, she has to go to the Hospital or nursing homes etc a certain number of times to keep him active BUT a therapy dog (or emotional support animal) is just that NOT a service animal, you do not get the ADA protections afforded a service animal and can not take the therapy dog into restaurants Etc.

    Shaggy had to demonstrate the ability to ignore other dogs/animals and of course has to tolerate being touched and petted by anyone. His training was several weeks long and he had to pass three different tests along the way including his "Final" :)


    The problem with Service animal laws is you are allowed to ask two questions

    1.) Is that a service animal or a pet
    2.) What service does it provide

    You are not allowed to ask for paperwork, or any proof.

    Knowing that many people use those laws to bring their pets anywhere.
    Warbirds wrote:
    Who is your wife?s therapy dog registered with to prove it is legitimate?

    mogley98 wrote:
    Their is some discussion that SAD are not much more than emotional support dogs but I get the point of the article.

    My wife has a registered therapy dog, not so much for her but he can calm others and he was attacked by a "service dog" it can go both ways.

    Also Service dogs are trained for a specific job and not all service dogs are non aggressive. FWIW
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  • mogley98
    I suspect the "service dog" that attacked wasn't BUT if you do some research a service dog could be trained to assist a blind person but that doesn't require or necessarily mean the dog is non aggressive. Service dogs DO NOT have to demonstrate any skills they just need to be trained to assist with a specific task like leading a blind person.

    just for clarification "Shaggy" is HIGHLY trained, he will bring you a tissue if you sneeze, he does tricks on hand signals she doesn't need to use voice commands, he has been taught to "ignore" other dogs/animals and "leave it" don't care if it is a steak you can't have it, Etc. He does a litany of tricks, including barking to "what's on top of a house "ROOF", What kind of animal are you "WOLF", if your furs on fire what do you do? He stop drops and rolls, he bows, crawls, dances Etc.

    The Seizure alert dogs (SAD) are borderline Service animals IMO
    SCOUT5 wrote:
    mogley98 wrote:
    Their is some discussion that SAD are not much more than emotional support dogs but I get the point of the article.

    My wife has a registered therapy dog, not so much for her but he can calm others and he was attacked by a "service dog" it can go both ways.

    Also Service dogs are trained for a specific job and not all service dogs are non aggressive. FWIW

    I guess your wife's dog is a therapy dog she takes places like nursing homes etc. for other people to share time with. The "service dog" that attack it, do you know if it was a trained service dog that broke training or a owner self papered service dog such as is discussed in the article?
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