(07-10-2017 05:11 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  A neighbor kid has a puppy that she walks every day by our house. She told us that she was training him to be a service dog. I was curious and asked what ailment the dog was supposed to assist with, and the kid looked extremely confused and responded that all you have to do is buy a jacket online to call them a service dog and then your dog come with you into any store or restaurant. (the kid is young enough that I'm 100% certain this is her parents' idea).

This type of stuff ticks me off. You can no longer tell the difference between a legitimate service dog and the untrained pet of my idiot neighbor.

Not referring to legitimate service dogs with what I am about to say, or even PTSD sufferers who have comfort dogs... but I have no idea why folks all of a sudden feel the need to take their damn dogs everywhere. Up until a few years ago, it was unfathomable to me that someone would take their dog to a retail store other than a pet store. Now, I am seeing them in all kinds of retail stores, and no, they are not service dogs.

Recently the city of Columbus started enforcing health codes in relation to people bringing dogs to patios that serve food. The amount of outrage about it was insane. Why do you have to take your damn dog to lunch?