ktsaurusr3x:rambo-psd:How can you tell the fakes from the real working dogs?1. If the dog is confine
ktsaurusr3x:rambo-psd:How can you tell the fakes from the real working dogs?1. If the dog is confined or has restricted body movement due to being in a carrier, stroller or shopping cart, it is unable to physically preform tasks in order to aid their disabled handler.2. If the dog exhibits poor behavior and the handler isn’t trying to correct it or isn’t removing the dog.3. If the dog is entirely focused on interacting with its environment, it cannot be focused on aiding it’s handler.Certification, ID tags and vests don’t make a service dog. A dog is considered a service dog when it is trained to physically do something (performs a task or work) in relation to the handlers disability. The dog must be doing something for you, that you cannot do for yourself.(The law does NOT recognize ‘emotional support’ or ‘comforting’ to be trained tasks)Credit: Assistance Dogs of the CarolinasThis is why I get so nervous when I see animals who are clearly not trained, being hauled around with a service vest on. The guy who was literally yanking the leash of his lab? That’s not a service animal. I’m happy to accommodate service animals of every variety, but they must be trained.When animals aren’t trained, they have the potential to get spooked and react in ways you aren’t anticipating. Loud sounds in a movie theatre, strange smells in a restaurant, small children running around and screeching, these are all things that could potentially spook an animal. And without training to give the animal an acceptable way to behave, these animals can easily run off, bark, or bite, causing injury to their handler, themselves, or others.I wish we had some sort of regulatory program to certify trained animals so we could identify them without needing to feel suspicious. -- source link