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Yes, 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
by dogruck 9y ago
Yes, 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.