WHY THE F#:K IS IT...

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Originally Posted by davsel

My ex's daughter now has 8 cats in her rented condo.
The condo only allows 2 pets, but she and her new husband claim 3 each as "service" animals.

ADA has been out of control for a while.

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I wouldnt say ADA is, it's everyone being scared of enforcing it or running afoul of it. For example. Cat's are not valid service animals. Currently only dogs and miniature horses are listed under ADA.

But by ADA laws only 2 questions you can really ask people. "Is this a service animal required because of a disability" and "What task is the animal trained to perform." Unfortunately there are no guidelines on what acceptable answers are. Good fakers just say it's a seizure dog. The usual idiots never encounter the 2nd question and freeze up before answering therapy animal or some such.

Under ADA there is no simple "comfort" animal aka an animal that it's mere presence is therapeutic. However gray area as what is recognized is an animal "trained to calm or distract the handler" during like a panic attack or bi-polar sperging out.

Oh and when they whip out their cards/patches/etc. No credentialing agency or anything like that is recognized by ADA either. They are 100% products bought online or bought from shitty doctor/clinic groups who have you visit once or a few times and say congrats you have a service animal. (or the very rare legitimate service animal training groups I imagine may still give their graduates vests etc even though the law doesnt require or recognize them.)

I agree completely. Leave your damn dogs at home. Don't bring them in the car to Home Depot, then think you'd better bring it in or someone will call the cops because its too hot. Leave the damn dog at home. I tire of people bringing their animals everywhere. I don't care if they are your family; leave them at home.

I also have an issue with some of my former Soldiers who feel their short time in either sandboxes qualifies them for a service dog, even though they saw no action, saw no death and do not need a "support" dog. It is a "Hey look at me, I'm a Vet and I deserve something" type of attitude that I want to slap out of them violently.

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

And, BTW. My "stupid animal" is a member of my family. If someone attacked my dog or harmed my dog for an unprovoked reason my response would be quite swift. Not unlike if the same person attacked my wife.

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Yup, I've had my little 12lb guy for 15 of his 18 years. He's tried to protect me many times, there'll be no hesitation if I need to protect him from anyone or anything.

The up side is.............they didn't leave the dog in the vehicle. [fail]

I love my dogs as if they are my own children....Didi is a registered service animal.

The difference? They stay at home when I need to leave the house.

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

The up side is.............they didn't leave the dog in the vehicle. [fail]

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Good point there. Seeing dogs in cars piss me the f off.

We went on a vacation recently and I couldn't believe how many freakin' people I saw with dogs at DIA! Not just service dogs, but regular ol' pets. DOZENS of them! In the concourses too, not just the main terminal. At other airports too, but DIA was crazy.

Edit: I missed Fitz's post above.

I could be wrong here, but I believe that it's against the law to even ask if an animal is a service animal or not. Maybe that's just our corporate policy, but I've worked at a few casinos and it was the same deal at all of them.

"Don't ask. If the animal isn't housebroken or is aggressive toward other people, tell the person to remove the animal from the property. Otherwise, let them stay."

I don't like hair on my food. Now I gotta also worry about dog/cat/hamster fur on my food.