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  • #16
    Quoth mhkohne View Post
    Yep-even legit service dogs can be removed if they won't behave. It'snjust pretty rare because legit service dogs are very seldom a problem.
    That makes sense. A service animal is allowed to go where the person is allowed to go. But if the person is being disruptive, he can be removed. I would imagine the same goes for the animal.
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    • #17
      Maybe once a month a person (not the same person though) will bring in a dog that is not a service animal. Of course, they never see the problem, even though we have a cafe in the bookstore.

      Last night a woman brought her poodle in, and though it was in her arms and it wasn't making a fuss, I told her she could bring it in. She left in a huff and I can soon imagine her calling the bookstore to complain that I was rude.

      I've seen pictures of Carrie Fischer (RIP) with her service dog, but he never has a vest on. I wonder how many times people might have told her the dog can't be with her. I suppose if they recognize her they might not say anything.
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      • #18
        If people were to recognize her in a store, they'd call the National Enquirer.
        Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.

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        • #19
          The service dogs I've seen at my store do have vests designating them as such, and are extremely well-behaved. While my state doesn't require vests or paperwork, possibly the city board of health requires it because my store also has restaurants and food counters.

          My old place would accept anyone's say-so that their widdle Pookums/purse monster was a service animal (and what service does she provide, biting anyone who gets too close?). They were too afraid of 'offending' someone by asking.
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          • #20
            In the U.S., Federal law says service dogs don't require vests or paperwork. State or city legislation can't override this.

            Also, they are NOT allowed to be cross-trained for guard duty, so "biting anyone who gets too close" positively identifies a fake service dog.
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            • #21
              I'm not sure about the city bit, only that I'd never seen any identification at all at my previous job. Maybe the owners here are just more responsible? (I've noted that some kids who are scared of dogs otherwise are fine with service animals, maybe because they 'know' service dogs are better trained?)
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              • #22
                In the U.S., Federal law says service dogs don't require vests or paperwork.
                I remember this from working in the library and we didn't say anything to anyone who brought in a dog.

                But one day this woman came in with a dog who was ill-behaved. No one said anything, she claimed that it was a service dog and some agency wrote the papers for the dog. But one day I said something because the dog was barking and wasn't stopping. I got security and they escorted her out and she was (fake) crying about how she had papers to prove he is a service dog.

                Well, she might have needed the dog for emotional/mental reasons, but not any dog can be a service dog. Kind of remind me of those assholes who park at the handicap spaces and they have no permit to park there but they say, "well I am handicapped!"
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                • #23
                  Quoth depechemodefan View Post
                  not any dog can be a service dog.
                  The training is far more rigorous. The main difference I can see is that service dogs are far more focused on their owner/task.

                  My old store had one SC (ended up being a thief) who claimed his dog was a diabetic service animal and had suspect photocopied paperwork. While I don't doubt that they exist, this particular pooch wasn't well taken care of and not really attentive to his owner at all.

                  Given that experience, some people know the law just enough to use the 'service animal' designation as a smokescreen.
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