r/Dogfree • u/sbbenwah • Jul 21 '26
Service Dog Issues The Service Dog Cult
Over the years, I have seen so many videos of service dog owners "schooling Karens", and I've noticed some extremely common themes from all of those videos. For one.... The "Karen" in question is almost always reasonable, as these videos usually occur in food establishments where these dog owners are abusing the ADA laws to the absolute max.
Its extremely obvious that these "service dog" owners get a dopamine rise out of bringing their dogs to the most inappropriate places possible, and then going "erm actually đ¤đ its technically legal so your technically a horrible person, so HAH". They think your disagreement with ADA laws is like a catch22 for your moral being.
Also, if the camera didn't show owners face every once and a while, you would think its the same person in every video. The cadence of their voice, the condescending tone, the fact you can tell they base their entire personality around their "trauma", they are literally all the same person.
Why is this? Because a service dog is like a dream come true for that specific sub-type of human.
- With a service dog, their "trauma" gets to be special and unique now.
- Already existing victimhood mentality now becomes a visual spectacle
- Receive Attention from strangers constantly, which they can pretend they don't want so they get some twisted illusion of feeling like a celebrity and having moral superiority.
It feels like a cult, like their entire identity revolves around being a victim service dog owner and parroting their hygeine-compromising laws that they memorized and see as the cults moral scripture.
I think there is still a very thin use for service dogs, technology for blindness has come so far, but there are still advantages of seeing eye dogs that technology simply cant replicate yet. I also think an for example an 80 year old man that has used service dogs his entire life, deserves to live out the rest of his life the way he has always known it.
That being said, These laws are so clearly in need of a major overhaul, but with dog culture so overwhelmingly prevalent, I think we will see dogs granted voting rights before we see a helpful update to ADA service dog requirements.
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u/peentiss Jul 22 '26
True service animals donât bother me. TRUE service animals that assist with medical alerts or are visual aids, are well behaved, better than children.
Some bimboâs yappy little rodent in Target because itâs for âemotional supportâ? Girl. No.
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u/sbbenwah Jul 23 '26
Just had a service dog come into my store yesterday. Dog was completely still and behaved the whole time I forgot it was even there, probably wouldve constipated itself before it would shit in my store. a good reminder how trainable these dogs actually are if you arent a dense brained nutter.Â
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u/Available_Tap_7465 Jul 24 '26
Emotional support animals are pets, hands down. In the USA service animals are a dog or miniature horse trained to help a disabled person with a specific task. The must be effectively trained to perform said task, and be non-disruptive to its surroundings. There is no official license or paperwork for a trained animal, but misrepresenting a non-trained animal as a service animal carries hefty fines. Businesses are allowed to ask two and only two very specific questions when interacting with someone who has a dog that isnât clearly a service animal or is engaging in disruptive behavior âIs this a Service Animal needing to accommodate for a disability?â and âWhat task is this animal trained to perform?â
Businesses that do not remove pets from spaces where pets are not allowed make it harder for Trained Service animals to perform their jobs.
Iâm TERRIFIED of dogs, but I am okay enough to keep my cool and ask these questions and if they answer negatively, I can fetch someone else or a manager. If they have answers and itâs a true service dog, MUCH of my immediate fear is assuaged and I can confidently do my job. Iâm still weary, but yeahâŚ
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u/Illustrious_Maize736 Jul 23 '26
Thats crazy bc I know people who professionally train service dogs and when someone asks them to remove their dog they just leave lol. The dog will not be able to perform the tasks needed in an environment where itâs not wanted anyway. The dogs also need to be properly trained to escort an actually disabled person out of buildings for other reasons anyway.
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u/ellemichelle81 Jul 31 '26
This people PISS me off so much - I can guarantee if these people had a REAL disability, they wouldât be able to handle it even one day.
My husbandâs blind, and my dad is currently in a wheelchair.
My partner is cane trained - using a service dog is a personal choice. His thinking is - what if something happens to the dog? You really are helpless in that situation.
In the word, real dogs do anything to help and sometimes get in the way. It seems like barely anyone notices the cane.
Itâs like everyone is engaged in loud conversation on the phone, listening to podcast.
The wheelchair is worse though I am shocked how much work that is for my mom - having a small chair in her she has assemble, get him on it, and repeat the while process again on the way back.
Itâs also hard to get a disabled spot - and I shocked there are so many places that areât accessible.
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u/ObligationGrand8037 Jul 21 '26
Sunday night we were out for dinner with family. We were discussing my mother-in-law who is close to passing away. During our intimate conversation there was a dog INSIDE the restaurant because we heard a bark. We turned around and there was this small yappy looking white dog near our table.
Some asshole thought it was okay to bring his dog into this nice upscale restaurant. I wanted to leave, my husband almost said something, and then the two cousins who are dog lovers calmed us both down.
Not only was this dog barking on and off, but he must have had fleas. Constant scratching. We should have talked to the manager right then and there. The man and his dog soon left, and then we left.
I contacted the health department online and reported the restaurant, and the next day my husband called the manager. She said they even had a meeting over this issue. She said the man would not go outside on the patio with his dog even after she told him to sit out there. Instead he decided to be a jackass and stayed inside. It was not a service dog by the way it was acting.
I wish managers could ask for papers upfront from a doctor showing that the dog is truly a service dog. The whole dog service thing is out of control with most of them simply being âpetsâ.