Thursday, December 19, 2013

Help stop the sale of fake service dog equipment.



Yesterday on one of our shuttle buses from Lake Tahoe to the Reno airport a man brought his girlfriends "service dog" a large intact male pit bull in a red vest and on a flexi leash. The dog sat on the seat of the bus (not allowed if it was a real service dog) and when the man was asked what the dog did by another passenger he said "serve and protect". A protection dog is NOT covered under the ADA and the dog had no right to be on our bus let alone the plane at his next stop. He also said that he just registered the dog online and sent in a 2 minute video of the dog with 2 other dogs for his "certification". When they got off the bus the dog was wandering around 20 ft from the owner on the flexi leash, smelling the bushes and people. It really makes me angry that people think that it is alright to imitate service dogs because they think it's cool or cute for their dog to get a little vest and go everywhere with them. If you know someone who does this tell them what they are doing is wrong! By bringing an untrained dog into public, people are only hurting those who really need service dogs! Click the  link to CCI's website where they are collecting signatures to tell the Department of Justice to stop the sale of fake service dog equipment.  

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