Pets- unpopular viewpoint
First, we do not dislike dogs per se. We used to have one and several family members have really cute, friendly dogs. Now the "however" part. Wife and I feel our culture is increasingly moving toward ...
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****AS a Responsible dog owner I HATE the easy availability of 'service vests, ADA Cards, Patches (In training, Emotional Support etc)
and cringe everytime I have to 'share' my eating experience with the fakes.
Unfortunately Business Owners can only ask 2 questions
1) Is this a Service Dog (PET etc....be it a dog, pig, chicken)
2) What 'tasks' does it preform
Lie and business owner has no choice. ****
Or HOA...really, I've seen it. I have a family member who has a pomeranian...not neutered and not trained well...He marks everywhere and has terrible behavior around other dogs. The family member moved into a condo unit that did not allow dogs. She went and had the dog "certified" as a therapy dog and then threatened to sue the condo HOA if they did not allow her to keep her dog. This dog performs no tasks.
As far as trying to compare a dog with children...it is a ridiculous comparison based on the fact that humans are humans and are not property to be owned. Animals, however, are property. They have no reasoning skills, and that is why we are fully responsible for them. I have several animals and love them dearly. As an owner, I'm to provide the best training and care possible and to accept responsibility, as well as deal with the reality they are not humans and have very different needs. I'm worried when folks try to elevate animals to the status of humans. I've seen people do this and end up putting their animals in detrimental situations.
Edited to add, I don't know what happened to the quote feature, but inside the asterisk is the quote for the thread I was agreeing with.
and cringe everytime I have to 'share' my eating experience with the fakes.
Unfortunately Business Owners can only ask 2 questions
1) Is this a Service Dog (PET etc....be it a dog, pig, chicken)
2) What 'tasks' does it preform
Lie and business owner has no choice. ****
Or HOA...really, I've seen it. I have a family member who has a pomeranian...not neutered and not trained well...He marks everywhere and has terrible behavior around other dogs. The family member moved into a condo unit that did not allow dogs. She went and had the dog "certified" as a therapy dog and then threatened to sue the condo HOA if they did not allow her to keep her dog. This dog performs no tasks.
As far as trying to compare a dog with children...it is a ridiculous comparison based on the fact that humans are humans and are not property to be owned. Animals, however, are property. They have no reasoning skills, and that is why we are fully responsible for them. I have several animals and love them dearly. As an owner, I'm to provide the best training and care possible and to accept responsibility, as well as deal with the reality they are not humans and have very different needs. I'm worried when folks try to elevate animals to the status of humans. I've seen people do this and end up putting their animals in detrimental situations.
Edited to add, I don't know what happened to the quote feature, but inside the asterisk is the quote for the thread I was agreeing with.
