Comment on Dogs welcome
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I love dogs. Have two rescue mutts, they’re priceless. I’ve loved dogs my whole goddang life, I really think they’ve gotten the short end of the stick with their deal with humanity. they deserve our love and care.
but goddamn people: stop bringing your dog into the supermarket. yeah yeah you can claim it’s an emotional support animal, I don’t fucking care. It’s a food store, and there are people there that don’t want to interact with your dog, or clean up it’s accidents, where they shop for FOOD.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk I guess.
We love dogs too in my household. I have four dogs, in addition to numerous other terrestrial and aquatic pets.
But unfortunately, much like other people can be the worst, other people’s dogs can be the worst!
And for that matter I am the rare Lemmy user that also loves kids. I am the fun dad and uncle. other people’s kids can also be the worst, lol.
People just need to pay attention to the world around them and how they affect others. That would be nice. (good luck, amirite?)
markovs_gun@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
My local grocery store now has big ass signs on the door saying no dogs unless they’re actually real service animals like seeing eye dogs and that emotional support animals don’t count. I think they must be actually enforcing it too because it’s one of the few places I don’t see people’s fucking dogs running around. I love dogs, probably more than the average person, but they don’t belong in most stores especially because the overlap between people bringing their dogs into stores and the people who actually train their dogs is pretty small.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
A lot of people don’t understand the difference between service dogs and ESAs, including store owners and employees.
The American with Disabilities Act does not include ESAs, and businesses can prohibit them.
Tower@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Right, but the limitations around even asking about a service animal make it a risky endeavor, so shops often take the safer route and assume any dog is a Service Animal.
i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 11 hours ago
Emotional support animals wearing the official harness are actually real services animals that have been trained and such. They will behave.
One of my friend only carries the official harness because of places like this that don’t consider them to be “real”…
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
That’s really smart of your friend, because most ESAs (in my experience) aren’t actually trained to be a real service animal. I’ve interacted with so many “ESAs” that are just their regular pet that their anxiety won’t let them leave them at home.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I have trailed my dog to help settle my stress and anxiety in certain ways. He has his service dog vest that I never really use. He isn’t currently certified as a Support Animal but I could very easily if I so choose. The only places he really comes with me is places that just allow animals in the store 365 days of the year (A national Hardware store in Canada, Canadian Tire, allows dogs at all times of the year).
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s also important to note that not every service animal is a seeing eye dog. There are lots of service animals for conditions that aren’t easily apparent.