[pct-l] service animal

[rob gratz]

i agree with you 110% i live in seattle where the dog fetish cult is
full blown. there is not one place i can go that i don`t have to deal
with dogs,from the hardware store to the supermarket,i cant get away
from them.  there are trails i  can no longer use because of dog
owners.the one place i knew i could hike in peace were the national
parks. it makes me angry that now scammers have figured out a way to
beat the system.

On 2/24/12, Nathan Miller <erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Last I heard, there was no official, certifying agency, specific training
>> or actual rules that people had to follow in regards to service
>> animals...I feel it is disrespectful of people to bend the rules that are
>> meant to provide access to people who wouldn't otherwise be able to have
>> an experience most of us take for granted because it isn't hard for us. I
>> don't mean to be a critical of any one individual, just the actions of a
>> few.
>
> I also feel it's disrespectful for people bending the rules to ignore the
> effect their animal may have on those around them.  For example, I NEVER
> used to see a dog brought into a grocery store...NOW I see it all the time.
> Some store, grocery or otherwise, try to bar non-service animal from being
> brought into the establishment, but it's nearly impossible to know how many
> such patrons really have service animals and how many of them simply say it
> is so because they won't be bothered to leave their animal home.
>
> -Nate the Trail Zombie
> Newberg, OR
>
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