This is NOT ok

[foxgirl158]

I love the way this thread has gone!

 

[Fishmanic]

I want a service tiger

 

[Fishmanic]

I need the emotional support of a tarantula

 

[Rocky998]

I need the emotional support of a tarantula

Ah yes, the emotional support tarantula

 

[OliveFish05]

Yes, I hate this. When someone gets to bring their out of control chihuahua into a restaurant because it's wearing a "service animal" vest, when it's clearly not trained to do anything but yap and get under foot. REAL service dogs will never be whining or yelping or shaking in public, because they have been trained for years to be used to loud sounds and other people. I was in the airport the other day, and this "service dog" took a poop right in the middle of the hallway because it was so scared. Naturally the owner refused to pick it up and made the janitor do it.

It's just become an excuse to bring any animal, not just dogs, anywhere you want.

Example: https/www.nbcnews.com/storyline/airplane-mode/emotional-support-peacock-denied-flight-united-airlines-n842971#:~:text=United Airlines turned away an emotional-support animal —,number of reasons, including its weight and size."

As needed as emotional support animals can be for some people, they can hardly count as a service dog in the same way a service dog for, say, a diabetic person would. They don’t have any real training. I once heard that a woman had an emotional support pit bull. Because it was a “service dog” it was allowed into an airport. Because it didn’t have any of the same rules (such as no petting) as a real service dog, the owner let a kid pet it. The dog attacked the kid and she has permanent scarring on her face and had to go through several reconstructive surgeries.

Oh my word. A peacock!

 

[Rocky998]

As needed as emotional support animals can be for some people, they can hardly count as a service dog in the same way a service dog for, say, a diabetic person would. They don’t have any real training. I once heard that a woman had an emotional support pit bull. Because it was a “service dog” it was allowed into an airport. Because it didn’t have any of the same rules (such as no petting) as a real service dog, the owner let a kid pet it. The dog attacked the kid and she has permanent scarring on her face and had to go through several reconstructive surgeries.

Oh my word. A peacock!

There are trained anxiety dogs that provide comfort. People just need to either stop pretending they have a support animal or businesses need to stop selling emotional support vests and stuff

 

[OliveFish05]

I was in the airport the other day, and this "service dog" took a poop right in the middle of the hallway because it was so scared. Naturally the owner refused to pick it up and made the janitor do it.

Ahhhh. It may have been a legit service dog. A boy who rode the bus with me when I went to school was diabetic. Several factors played Into him (he was probably 15 or 16) needing a service dog, who he would have at school with him. She was a real service dog, had been through all the training and the family had paid loads of money for her (people donated to help them get her). The dog pooped on the floor SEVERAL times. The poor kid helped clean it up if he didn’t need to be in class immediately. He didn’t know what to do because there was not a good way for him to potty her throughout the day. Eventually the school reserved a small area of grass for him To take her, and his teachers help him set up a schedule to potty her between classes.

There are trained anxiety dogs that provide comfort. People just need to either stop pretending they have a support animal or businesses need to stop selling emotional support vests and stuff

There definitely are legitimately trained emotional support animals, although the vast majority are simply “my therapist (who never met the dog) gave me a note saying I could have an emotional support animal, so here’s my pet pit bull”. The way that @biofish has described the way that they handle their emotional support dog with businesses and in public and such is the way it should be if the dog has not been specifically and carefully trained for their specific purpose.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Ahhhh. It may have been a legit service dog. A boy who rode the bus with me when I went to school was diabetic. Several factors played Into him (he was probably 15 or 16) needing a service dog, who he would have at school with him. She was a real service dog, had been through all the training and the family had paid loads of money for her (people donated to help them get her). The dog pooped on the floor SEVERAL times. The poor kid helped clean it up if he didn’t need to be in class immediately. He didn’t know what to do because there was not a good way for him to potty her throughout the day. Eventually the school reserved a small area of grass for him To take her, and his teachers help him set up a schedule to potty her between classes.

Probably wasn't professionally trained then. Professionally trained service dogs are there to make the person's life whom they are serving easier, not harder. Idk his specific situation, but most REAL service dogs are trained from birth, and then bought/given away when they grow out of their puppy stage and have learned all of the commands to help their new owner.

 

[Rocky998]

Probably wasn't professionally trained then. Professionally trained service dogs are there to make the person's life whom they are serving easier, not harder. Idk his specific situation, but most REAL service dogs are trained from birth, and then bought/given away when they grow out of their puppy stage and have learned all of the commands to help their new owner.

But I mean, when ya gotta go ya gotta go

 

[foxgirl158]

I think that, if people can prove that the animal has gone through the training, emotional support animals such as dogs and cats (not animals like miniature ponies and peacocks) should be allowed on planes and buses (not in non pet friendly businesses). My uncle has severe anxiety and spent a lot of money to get his cat, who is very sweet and stays in her carrier, certified as an emotional support animal a couple of years ago, only for the ban on emotional support animals of all kinds banned on planes because of the ridiculous amount of people who pretended to need emotional support animals to get free flying fair for their pets.

 

[OliveFish05]

Probably wasn't professionally trained then. Professionally trained service dogs are there to make the person's life whom they are serving easier, not harder. Idk his specific situation, but most REAL service dogs are trained from birth, and then bought/given away when they grow out of their puppy stage and have learned all of the commands to help their new owner.

She was a real service dog. She was professionally trained from birth. The family spent a LOT of money. They wouldn’t get their diabetic son a service dog who wouldn’t help him. All dogs, even service dogs, need to poop You know It was that the kid was 15, never had a let before, trying to work around a school schedule. I would have been mortified to ask to take my dog out to potty and deal with the stares from other high schoolers. The school hadn’t provided a place for him to potty her, until she had pooped a couple of times. After they gave him a space to potty her she didn’t have another accident

 

[OliveFish05]

I think that, if people can prove that the animal has gone through the training, emotional support animals such as dogs and cats (not animals like miniature ponies and peacocks) should be allowed on planes and buses (not in non pet friendly businesses). My uncle has severe anxiety and spent a lot of money to get his cat, who is very sweet and stays in her carrier, certified as an emotional support animal a couple of years ago, only for the ban on emotional support animals of all kinds banned on planes because of the ridiculous amount of people who pretended to need emotional support animals to get free flying fair for their pets.

I completely agree! I think it is ridiculous that people who actually need their certified ESA can’t have them certain places because of the people trying to bring their peacocks and miniature ponies, or the people calling whatever untrained pet they want an ESA. It’s ridiculous And unfair to the people like your uncle, who have done the work to get the certification and have a real need for the animal

 

[Rocky998]

I completely agree! I think it is ridiculous that people who actually need their certified ESA can’t have them certain places because of the people trying to bring their peacocks and miniature ponies, or the people calling whatever untrained pet they want an ESA. It’s ridiculous And unfair to the people like your uncle, who have done the work to get the certification and have a real need for the animal

What about my emotional support bettas and goldfish?

 

[Deleted member 149562]

One day you will board a plane and there, sat beside you in the middle seat, will be a goldfish in a goldfish bowl

Goldfish owner, sat in the window seat....."Oh don't mind Horace, he is my fully trained anti-anxiety goldfish"

 

[Crispii]

I want a service tiger

you could be the next joe exotic