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Did you read the article? Do you know anyone with a service dog? There are lots of non profits dedicated to raising dogs and working with people with disabiliti
by nwhatt 9y ago
Did you read the article? Do you know anyone with a service dog? There are lots of non profits dedicated to raising dogs and working with people with disabilities. I suggest you find one and volunteer.
This is a major problem for a small number of people. It's crippling though - This creep towards ESA is both actively impairing the ability of service dogs to work, and passively hurting perceptions.
I'm just summarizing a well reasoned article to you, so please go back and read it again.
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- dogruck 9y agoYes, I did read the article -- and I reject its premise. Thank you for the summary and for your pompous and ignorant response to it. In college, I had a sight-impaired friend with a guide dog. That dog worked around street noise, farm animals, and unruly pets. To be constructive -- what is your specific solution to the problem? Anything other than "non profit and volunteer, bro!"
- nwhatt 9y agoMy solution: 1) Encourage people be advocates for people with disabilities (ideally not by being pompous). 2) Educate others about what service dogs actually do - in articles such as this one (I didn't write this article but thought it was constructive). At it's core - there will always be people who want to bring their dogs into places that only service dogs can go. The author is making a case for alternative path, such as canine good citizen certification, whereby people who would otherwise slap a vest on their pet can bring their dogs into restaurants, stores, etc. This will ideally decrease people impersonating service animals at the margins, and lead to a better environment for actual service dogs.