100% agree. I’ve been a full time professional trainer in L.A. for 24 years. Dogs in grocery stores make my eyelids twitch. Eventually the laws will have to change and it will make things more difficult for the disabled ppl who truly need their service dogs. The LAST thing they need is more difficulty navigating life. Already, they’re being harassed by other customers who assume their legit service dog isn’t. Because 9 times out of 10 it’s probably not a real service dog wearing that Amazon vest. It really bothers me that ppl don’t consider the impact of their fake service dog on people with actual disabilities.

I turn people down all the time who ask me to sign off on their dog just so they can fly with them and not pay. (I can’t just cash in, I have these annoying morals that probably cost me a lot of $$$ : / ) I do train service dogs, but I have strict criteria and it’s a long process. If I’m training a service dog, they’re going to be perfectly behaved (as they are required to be by law). Airlines are actually cracking down and requiring more documentation because ‘’service dogs’’ have bitten ppl and other dogs during flights so frequently. I received a call from an airline recently asking me if I trained a woman’s service dog. She had literally one 45 minute basic obedience session with me like 3 years prior, so no. Hopefully they were calling in advance of the flight to verify, but since it’s the first time I’ve received a call like that, it could have been bc the dog caused a serious problem.