themostdistantstar:
anotherchancetomorrow:
themostdistantstar:
anotherchancetomorrow:
kawaii-kipi:
wow really? I didnt know people could by guided by a flexi lead >.>
Okay, that just ticks me off… >_<
why does it tick you off?
Is it because the person is pretending to be blind? Maybe the person loves that dog and it would be a really nice thing for them to see the dog off the plane. I know it isn’t sensitive to people who are blind, but I’m sure the dad meant no offense and was just trying to be sweet.
Because I use a service dog and I have lots of friends all over the US who also use service dogs and idiots like that faker make it harder on us to be taken seriously. Plus what he’s doing is a federal crime.
I don’t think the man is an idiot for trying to be sweet. Maybe an idiot for commiting a federal offense.
Chill out…he wasn’t scamming anyone for anything more than to get a family member in to greet another, it is really nothing to get worked up about…also, I don’t think I know anyone who, in their right mind, wouldn’t take someone with a service animal seriously….I mean, that pic is your proof…the airport people didn’t question him.
The amount of training it takes to make a dog into a service dog is difficult. It takes temperament testing, careful work, hundreds of hours of cautious training, sometimes even giving up on a particular dog that just isn’t made for it and finding a good home for the dog before starting over on training another one. Some of my friends have had to give up on a dog and it’s heartbreaking. The risks of bringing a family pet that isn’t trained to the high standards that SD handlers have to hold their dogs to could be that the dog bites a kid who startles it or makes messes indoors and makes everyone who needs one look bad. We have legal protection because our dogs are trained to help us and considered medical equipment, like a wheelchair. The dogs are expected to behave impeccably and most pets aren’t trained to that level.
In the short run, no, faking your pet as a service dog is no big deal. In the long run, it gets legislation passed that makes it harder on legitimate teams to work. I’ve had tons of access issues because of fakers who just want to bring Fido to the store with them, one of which I had to take up to a corporate level to get it resolved in a chain of stores. That was just this morning, actually. Guys like this who just want to bring their family pet to greet the returning family member seem harmless, but they actually hurt us because when one gets away with it ten more will try to do the same. Sweet thought? Yes, I’ll give the dad that. But it’s still wrong.
(Source: framesjanco)
