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wow i may have psych issues & even i consider that loony lol. Would an actual *judge* be fit to judge in your opinion? Because this is not legally defensible and does more harm than you know to the legit PSD handler community, non-disabled handlers with untrained comfort animals undermines the hard earned access rights of those who depend on SDs to survive. The ADA was not created as an easy loophole for people to game the system & this is no different than using your disabled granny's parking pass because 'everyone else does it'. 🙄 As someone who has struggle with disabling physical and mental conditions its disappointing to see this. My now retired SD went through hundreds of hours of specialized training to be able to work under perfect off leash control in all stressful situations. She is trained to go thru airport security by herself w/no gear, id go thru scanner while she waited 'in line' to get called thru seperately. We put the effort into things like this out of respect & to expedite daily process for people working with us. Recently saw headlines about a Florida airport thrown into chaos when a pitbull comfort dog was unleashed at security & promptly tore thru airport & out into traffic. Last year i winessed a very stressed dog in an ESA vest attack a passing child in a mall. There have been a number of tragedies recently where owners were encouraged to use the ADA loophole to skirt BSL (anti-pitbull laws) resulting in attacks on legit SDs and children. Real handlers are constantly retraining & go to great lengths to minimize their 'pawprint' on public life out of respect for those providing accommodation & reputation of all working dogs... vs personal enjoyment, skirting community laws, saving money on pet fees or just straight breed propaganda. I wish these owners could walk in the shoes (or ride in the chair) of a truly disabled person for a day (a month, try to imagine a lifetime) and have just an iota of respect for what that 'free access' means to them.— May 22, 2017 11:24 a.m.
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No one is doing legitimate psych service dog handlers any favors by defending this. Aside from the professionally (and legally) unacceptable behavior witnessed, the gist is the owners *own statement* that dog is an ESA. Regarding defense of the idea that it 'could have been' a psych SD- do you really think that someone who couldnt even be bothered to learn the difference before attempting public access has actually gone through the rigorous training process to reach legal SD qualifications for said access? There is SO much information available now it just shows an enormous lack of respect or even basic interest in working dog standards. If you merit disability rights & could benefit from specialized assistance, go through the proper training & procedures and you will be afforded equal protection regardless of physical or psychological condition (equal legally, but equal treatment is getting worse thanks to all this confusion) People pushing their untrained ESAs into SD only situations is destroying the public reputation of all legitimate SD teams, and especially damaging to the ptsd & psych dog community. Conflating comfort & therapy pets for non-disabled owners with legal trained PSDs completely undermines the equal treatment & acceptance members of the psych-disabled community have worked so hard for. Its not just disrespectful its outright damaging, and is building to a system overhaul that will only add more difficulty for legit ADA community.— May 22, 2017 10:44 a.m.