Some service dog owners say many businesses, unable to
tell fake service dogs from real ones, allow all of them in.
Due to how
often fake service dogs are brought into businesses, business owners can get annoyed and often begin to doubt and turn people with real service dogs away.
These 19 states are cracking down
on fake service dogs Health Oct 16, 2017 10:29 AM EDT Chris Slavin was in an elevator a couple years ago with Earle, her yellow lab service dog, sitting calmly beside her wheelchair.
As fake service dogs, or «comfort dogs» as they're sometimes called, are a hot topic for some time now, we can expect more states to jump on the wagon and pass bills that fine irresponsible pet owners.
As of October 2017, there are 19 states cracking down and passing laws
against fake service dogs, as these dogs are often not well - behaved, act out and cause problems for real service dogs and their owners who depend on them.
Aside from the legal penalties being thousands of dollars in fines and / or months of jail time,
faking a service dog hurts other people and real service dogs.
Many feel this makes it easier for «
fake service dogs.»
These fake service dogs are often poorly trained, ill behaved, and badly handled in public.
What he or she really wants is what's commonly called a «
fake service dog.»
The vests may help
the fake service dogs gain entry, but their behavior, and that of their owners, often gives them away.
Faking a service dog is illegal and often thought of as a victimless crime.
You may have heard news stories over the last year about people using
fake service dogs to fly with, bring into restaurants, into stores and using fake service dog vests.
A fake service dog can become harmful if it becomes too playful or aggressive with other working dogs or people in public.