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"... Under the ADA and Louisiana law, owners of public accommodations are not required to allow emotional support animals, only service animals. ..."

Don't know about Louisiana, but I know there has been alot of hoopla with people taking their "ESA" onto airplanes!
The airlines "were" allowing it.
Then people starting bringing pigs, snakes, lizards, etc.
Not sure airlines still allow ESA's.

On a flight from Tucson, AZ to DFW, the young lady in the window seat placed a bag at her feet. Then a clawed, black paw came out of the bag! It was a cat. She and the cat have a Facebook page all about their travels and activities. She and her cat were quite interesting.
No, the cat wasn't an ESA.

You mostly see "therapy" dogs (animals?) at retirement and nursing homes and healthcare facilities. Their "job" is just to be soft, warm and friendly. Nonresponsive and nonverbal people will quite often respond to a therapy animal.

When my service dog is wearing his vest, he will drink, but he WILL NOT eat until we remove his vest.
An ADA certified "service animal" will not eat while "on duty"! It's part of their training as a "service dog".
Idiot people WILL try to distract your dog with treats. They think they are being cute. I've had them try.

People try and mess with mine every now and then. I had a dude tell me my service dog wasn't actually a service dog and was an emotional support dog or whatever, and was kicking us out of the restaurant. I was getting more and more irritated, but my dog was looking at me like "bro let's just gtfo of here and go home". Damn dog was right. Those emotional support people really screw things up for the rest of us.

Dang!

@ingwe

I was at a photo kiosk making some photos. It was in the back corner of a Walgreens. My service dog (Rotweiller) was lying quietly, soaking up the cool from the tile floor.
I hear the front door open and instinctively turn to look.
A sort of chubby chick sees my dog and breaks into a run.
I quickly got him to his feet and stepped between her and the dog. The flying tackle nearly knocked me down!
She looked up at me smiling...and I realized she was a "functional, special needs" from a nearby home. Fat boy got some big hugs and a young special needs kid (probably +/-20, hard to tell) got a big treat.
As much as I brush/bathe him, he sheds hair....BAD!
Poor kid was absolutely coated with hair when she left, grinning from ear to ear!

The old man is 11 years old and depends on me now about as much as I depend on him! LOL! I haven't had him out in about 2 years now. He has hip problems and can't get in the truck and I can't lift him!
There won't be another service dog. I'll just go to a wheelchair or walker.

In a just world only the blind get an assistance animal in a public space...no ifs, no buts, and no maybes.

Lol

In Montana Sheep are considered Service Animals .

In Wisconsin they call them "first cousins."

LOL

The whole ESA scam was for people get their animals on a plane without paying. People were always able to bring their pets, they just had to pay.

Besides an attention whore, what kind of weirdo needs a reptile for emotional support?

Amen to that.

I was in a Dr Office waiting room. Big gal in there waiting wearing a moo-moo had a little chihuahua with a Service Dog vest on. Same cheap vest you can get off of Amazon for $12.

Anyway, dog under her chair would bark, lunge, go apeshît whenever another patient would come in. After getting it calmed down, it would sit there all bug-eyed and shiver and whine. Occasionally it would snap out and commence to furiously licking its azz-hole and munching fleas.

Oh but yall got your little vest thingies, so that makes it OFFICIAL!! LOL

The easiest way to flush out the scammers is to ask them what disability the dog is trained in. They pause, heehaw around for awhile then just admit it is their ESA.

I’m as skeptical of service animals as I am of legitimate cyclists on roadways. Granted there may be some validity to it, but the concept has been exploited and beat to death.

I don’t like cyclists peddling down the highway or someone’s service dog smelling my crotch…

It's all bull crap. Animals of any kind shouldn't be allowed in stores or public places at all. If you can't function properly in society, keep you azz at home. Your rights end where mine begin.

It's sad people's lives are so empty they have to drag their damn pets everywhere.

Agreed.

Fück off Scott. Real service animals are necessary for some people to live a normal life.

The little vest thingy is all these idiots have to do pretty much down here. Then everybody is afraid to do anything about them.

What problems have genuine service dogs caused for you?

They're dogs.

For starters.