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Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 03:27 PM Sep 2016

Fake therapy or service animals are one of my huge peeves.

It annoys me to no end.

I'm horribly allergic to dogs in particular. I have zero issues moving away from the dog or leaving the establishment if someone comes in with one. But in the past few years I am amazed at the volume of folks in need of service animals. I'm also amazed at how someone can spend upwards of 7 thousand dollars for such a poorly disciplined animal (/sarcasm). But my peeve is not my allergies. It is that I find myself very skeptical every time I see one. For $23.95 on Amazon, you can wrap your pet in an "ESA" vest, and take it anywhere. A properly trained dog performs a priceless service for someone in need, getting a vest for Scraps so he go to the Olive Garden with you is bullshit. I know that I'm not alone in my skepticism, and this does nothing to help those with disabilities.

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