Originally Posted by candyflip

That’s not how it works. My friend has a special needs daughter who has a service dog, now on their second. Each one came to them trained specifically to do its job and cost over $30000 each. It was a years long process and not an easy task for them to accomplish. Their daughter is autistic, non verbal and epileptic. The dog is trained to sense oncoming seizures and protect and nurse her through them when they do.

Unless your dog performs an actual service, it’s not a service dog and you don’t deserve to have it designated as such.

Sorry. Seeing the concept abused by the “emotional support animal” crowd makes me sick.