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Seriously, is this a problem that needs fixing? Are emotional support dogs really causing society harm? Being able to bring an animal to work with you, for ex

Seriously, is this a problem that needs fixing? Are emotional support dogs really causing society harm? Being able to bring an animal to work with you, for example, has a positive impact on many people and animal's lives, and it in no way discredits or disrespects more skilled or necessary service dogs. Maybe a good solution is to have a dog license with various levels of acceptance. If your dog is licensed then they must be proven to be well behaved in normal circumstances.

qq66 9y ago
Did you read the article? Some of these dogs have attacked other people and dogs. If people are getting attacked by dogs they will lobby for policy that gets these dogs banned. Legitimate service animals, genuinely necessary emotional support animals, and fake emotional support animals are all likely to get swept up in the resulting inquisition.
- arwhatever 9y ago
  I'd need some statistics to be convinced that the anecdotes in the story are actually commonplace, to be sure we're not banning 90 million people and their dogs because of one bite. I live in Seattle and people take dogs everywhere, and I seldom or never see any issues. My initial reaction when I see articles like this is to feel like this is nothing more that people wanting to shove rules down each other's throats (and to think pretty snarkily that people can move to Kansas City if they like) but then, my lack of observation of obviously fake service dogs causing any sort of problems, is it itself anecdotal.
pfarnsworth 9y ago
Except some people are violently allergic to dogs, so if a coworker brings their dog to work, it actually impacts other people. At work, someone brought their dog into the cafeteria and it was roaming around the food area, etc, which is not cool. I have 3 coworkers that registered their dogs as service dogs, just so they could bring them on planes and bring them to work. They have no psychological issues, they simply wanted the convenience of bringing their dogs whereever they wanted. It's pure selfishness.

qq66 9y ago

Did you read the article? Some of these dogs have attacked other people and dogs. If people are getting attacked by dogs they will lobby for policy that gets these dogs banned. Legitimate service animals, genuinely necessary emotional support animals, and fake emotional support animals are all likely to get swept up in the resulting inquisition.

arwhatever 9y ago
I'd need some statistics to be convinced that the anecdotes in the story are actually commonplace, to be sure we're not banning 90 million people and their dogs because of one bite. I live in Seattle and people take dogs everywhere, and I seldom or never see any issues. My initial reaction when I see articles like this is to feel like this is nothing more that people wanting to shove rules down each other's throats (and to think pretty snarkily that people can move to Kansas City if they like) but then, my lack of observation of obviously fake service dogs causing any sort of problems, is it itself anecdotal.

pfarnsworth 9y ago

Except some people are violently allergic to dogs, so if a coworker brings their dog to work, it actually impacts other people. At work, someone brought their dog into the cafeteria and it was roaming around the food area, etc, which is not cool. I have 3 coworkers that registered their dogs as service dogs, just so they could bring them on planes and bring them to work. They have no psychological issues, they simply wanted the convenience of bringing their dogs whereever they wanted. It's pure selfishness.