People Are Using Fake Service Dogs For Their Own Benefit And It's Causing Problems

Please don't do this.

Hailey

• Published in Animals
• February 5, 2019

As you may or may not know, service dogs are dogs specifically trained to be submissive and of assistance to disabled people. They let blind owners know if any obstacles are up ahead, they detect upcoming seizures, can call for help, or they can be emotional support animals for those who suffer from emotional or mental disabilities.

These angelic pups are great help, right? Because their purpose is to help those who need it, they're usually allowed into public facilities and planes. However, some people are taking advantage of this and pretending that their dogs are service dogs in order to bring them wherever they're going. The downside of this is that fake service dogs tend to cause chaos in public places and attack real service dogs, who, as mentioned before, are trained to be submissive.

As a result, problems like this occur frequently:

Service dogs are essential to people who need them, and their getting hurt means the owner also is affected negatively by it.

Here's some more information on why it's dangerous for you to bring a fake service dog around with you.

Hailey