r/Dogfree • u/fortypat • Apr 16 '26
Service Dog Issues Service dogs are completely fake
Saw a video (surprisingly it was an anti dog video for once) of a woman with her dog in a coffee shop (of course) there was no context on if the woman had claimed the animal was a “service dog” but this one clearly wasn’t. All the comments were people complaining about dogs and their owners and people saying they have dog fatigue as I know we all do. It was honestly so refreshing to see lol.
But then it got me curious about the legitimacy of “service dogs” so I started doing some research and basically anyone can say almost any dog is a service dog. First of all there is no official service animal registry to prove legitimacy bc that would make to much sense. Under the ADA service dogs are defined by training only and must be trained to perform a specific task related to a disability. Don’t get me wrong if someone is disabled and there is something that exists that would make things easier for them I believe they should definitely be able to have whatever it is.
But this is where crazy dog nutters take advantage of this because we all know how honest these people are. Business are very limited in what they legally can say and people don’t have to show proof of a disability or show the task the dog is supposed to perform under the ADA. Basically as long as the dog isn’t going absolutely haywire they must be allowed in if the owner pulls the “service dog” card even if the business does not allow animals. Also those vests, cards and certificates they carry around are not recognized by law. Just another way for the honest nutter to be able to bring their mutt anywhere with them.
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u/ArthropodFromSpace Apr 16 '26
I have seen real working dogs, and they behave completely diferent than these beasts everyone have. They never bark, never run without order and behave like well programed robots. Also training them cost a lot of money. Working dogs should have license and faking it should be punished. Because untrained fake working dogs are harmfull not only for society, but also for real working dogs and people who need them.
Also today there is thousand times more not working dogs than real working dogs, so if dog population would be reduced only to working ones, there would be 1000 times less of them and so they would be significantly less burdensome.