Don’t be a jerk if you see someone with a service dog and cannot see a disability!!!!!!!

@NativeOregonian emotional support animals do not have ADA rights. They aren’t allowed anywhere but non pet friendly housing, and airlines.

@Soramarie By all means, and common human decency, they should be, emotional issues are just as debilitating as physical ones.

@NativeOregonian I think you misunderstand me. Service dogs require at least a year of hard training, and preform a task specific to the handlers needs. Esa are pets who are just there for company. Anxiety, panic, and PTSD dogs who preform a task such a deep pressure therapy, are service animals not emotional support.

@Soramarie Except not everyone that needs one for emotional support can afford one, they cost too much.

@NativeOregonian actually in the USA it is completely legal to owner train. You don’t need to pay some company and wait on a list. All you need is and read up on dog training. And put the effort in. Esa though are not protected by the ADA as they have no training.

@Soramarie Which by legal standards is illegal due to the 14th Amendment, equal protection under the law, and needs to be challenged.

@NativeOregonian no it’s not the Americans with Disabilities act is for people with disabilities. If you choose to follow the standards to make your animal a service animal than it is a service animal. If you do not train it to preform a task and act properly in public, you do not get public access right. It’s all a matter of people in the public being safe. If any untrained animal can be a esa and A lady’s jerk wad ankle biter can attack someone in the store with no repercussions becacise ty was allowed into the store. The animals must be trained and that is why it is written in federal law.

@Soramarie

@Soramarie Are you dismissing those with emotional issues as non disabled? Even though social security finally recognized me as having a legitimate physical disability with my CTEPH, I still deal with nasty emotional issues on an almost daily basis dealing with it, severe enough that I have had really bad panic attacks, and prescribed medicine for them. I have also known others that have had emotional support dogs to help deal with their panic attacks due to their physical issues and diseases, one of them died last April from his years long battle with cancer.

@NativeOregonian do those dogs preform a task? Does your doctor admit you have these issues? If you don’t have a disability you aren’t coved by a act created for disabilities.

@Soramarie All but one gets social security disability. Thr one that isn't is waiting for her hearing. She has an average of two seizures a day and sees a neurologist and on anti seizure medication. However, social security kept denying her because she missed an MRI appointment, because she had a seizure that morning and was taken to a different hospital and they refused to do one because Colorado medicaid turned it down and they wouldn't release her in time to get to the other hospital that was authorized to. However, Jeanette has an emotional support cat that will cuddle right next to her, her front legs wrapped around Jeanette's arm and purr and meow, helping Jeanette recover a lot faster.

@Soramarie Zoey is also fiercely protective around Jeanette when she is having a seizure. When I was in Denver recently, Jeanette had a seizure and Zoey only allowed her bf and myself around her, everyone else got swatted away, with claws out.

@NativeOregonian yea that’s not exportable🤷‍♂️. If end can’t intervene it’s not cool

@Soramarie What?

@NativeOregonian not expectable. Sorry auto correct. If EMS cannot get to the patient because the dog is aggressive and overly protective that’s just not ok.

@Soramarie Zoey is a cat.

@NativeOregonian cats aren’t allowed to be service animals only dogs and mini horses. So she’s not allowed in public period.

@Soramarie IMO cats are far superior to dogs when it comes to emotional support. Miniature horses, what kind of bs is that?

@NativeOregonian have you ever worked with horses lol. They guide blind and everything. I don’t make the laws I just follow them and pray that others do not break them. Cats are scared easily, and are super difficult to leash train. (I’ve trained multiple to do so) idk what your argument is. Honestly train the animal to act right and to preform a task or don’t bring it in public. There are many service animals for mental disabilities out there who are very real. These animals don’t just sit with you like a pet. They do deep pressure therapy, stop self destructive behaviors, and many other things to actually do something for someone’s disability. If your not disabled you have no business having your pet in the store. If your dr isn’t on board with a service animal you don’t need one...... it’s a clear line. If you have an esa that’s great but it doesn’t belong in public as it’s not trained. These nippy jerk animals that people bring in saying they have a right are not trained and can ruin the training a legit service dog team had put in by them getting attacked by someone’s aggressive dog that they want to take with them so it’s not home alone.

@Soramarie It's a bullshit line is what it is. This one issue is why I have such a serious beef with the healthcare industry and the asshole gov't bureaucrats, people that need emotional support animals need them, anyone that thinks otherwise can downright fuck off, I have seen how "non conventional, non approved" animals can and do help others that need them, that is my argument, using disability as an excuse is a piss poor one at that.

@NativeOregonian not really. Esa’s have no training. Karen’s #1s little yorkie that wants to eat everyone that walks by the cart that she is riding in (unsanitary btw) is not suited for public access plain and simple but could be an esa to help her in her home by cuddling or whatever. Karen #2 has the same condition, but has trained her animal to walk on a leash at the hip, stop and sit when she stops, not bark or growl at people, and preform the task “cover” to calm her owner using pressure like a weighted blanket is suited for public access she has a SERVICE dog. Why is it so hard for someone to either owner train their animal or send it to a trainer to behave properly? If you cannot train your animal to not be a jerk it cannot be in public. Take The dogs above for instance the 1st persons dog bites the shit out of someone’s kid because it ran up to them. (This results in business and owner sued and a child scared of animals for the rest of her life...... cause that’s helpful) ...... the second dog ignored the child and did it’s job🤷‍♂️ With no attitude and no issues. Non well mannered animals don’t belong in public at all.

@Soramarie you know I own a restaurant if someone’s esa comes in I inform them of Ada laws and ask them to come back without the animal. If someone comes in with a fake service dog that is acting a fool I ask them to leave. I will not have a law suit on my hands because I failed to keep up my end of the bargain of protecting my customers under ADA law

@Soramarie They sold it to you and your mom?

@Soramarie Except not everyone wants a dog.

@NativeOregonian we are finalizing now bit the owners have turned the ownership over.