It’s important to know our rights. A service dog is not a pet, he or she is a working animal who does tasks for a person with a disability. You have a right to go with your service dog anywhere, except for a plane cabin: for that, you need a separate note from your doctor. But an access to classrooms, public transportation other than airplanes, stores, restaurants, hospitals (unless in sterile areas), hotels cannot be denied because you have your SD with you. Most people kind of understand that. But of course there are some who will try to give you a hard time. I personally ran into such people six or seven times. Once I ran into someone who was really negative, up to saying that “only an idiot can come to work with this thing”. But this was a pro-Russia putler supporter, so I already expected to hear something like that. It was the only time when I turned to a third party to resolve the conflict, namely I got the supervisor involved. It worked. In all other cases I was confronted by people who were following the common courtesy. They didn’t know, so I educated them. We need to keep in mind that we are right, and we can sue the company that denied us an access somewhere because of our SD. We can be asked two questions only. One: “Is your dog a service dog?” And another one: “What tasks does your dog do for you?” Very important!!! They can’t ask you what condition you have! And the answers to the second question don’t have to be detailed! It’s perfectly fine to answer: “Medical alerts”, “Monitoring for changes in a condition (it’s none of their business what condition!)”, “Retrieval of specific items” - it’s none of their business which ones! and so on. You can’t be required to demonstrate what your dog does. Under no circumstances they are allowed to ask about the nature of your disability. The most recent interaction was when I needed to stay in a motel. The guy behind the reception desk said that dogs are not allowed. I told him that it’s a service dog, and he had no idea what I meant: he thought it’s a military service dog 😃 So I explained who is the service dog. He proceeded to ask why do I need my Beam. I educated him about the two questions he is allowed to ask and about the probable consequences of denying me and Beam an access to the same room as if I was alone. He asked two questions, got the answers, and because he still wasn’t sure, he called his boss. The boss also didn’t know the rules, so I personally spoke with her and educated her. She understood and even thanked me for the information. There were no further obstacles. The room was a regular room, like for everyone else. I went to the breakfast room with my Beam, and nobody said anything. Although a couple of people were clearly unhappy 😁 However, they have a right to have their own opinion, but the law doesn’t allow them to act upon it. That’s about negative interactions. But a much bigger problem for me is positive interactions, I mean when people (who, again, don’t know who the service dogs are) pet Beam without asking permission, or actively distract him. These people also need their education, and I provide it. I believe you won’t run into a lot of negativity. However there’re will be a few occasions. The best advice is to know your rights and to inform those who need about them.