Big Bill Loc: Phoenix, AZ

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Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

I think you will find this to be not totally true, some people will fake claim to have service animals but in fact are fake some some states have change there requirements.

http://www.ada.gov/qasrvc.htm

Effate Loc: El Dorado Hills, Ca.

Unfortunately, just like disabled parking, disability claims and other services extended to the truly needy many, many people are buying some form of service dog marking for their pets and abusing the privilege/right for those who are aided by a service dog.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Here is how you can tell a fake.

http://servicedogcentral.org/content/fake-service-dog-credentials

diensthunds

You might want to re-read through that link you just posted and take note of #6. If a state wants to make a requirement for certification and demand that an individual produce it upon request, they are violating the ADA laws. ADA is federal and federal trumps state.

Effate Loc: El Dorado Hills, Ca.

If we were to totally follow this logic then I should be able to park in any handicap parking space and don't you dare ask me to demonstrate a legitimate need via placard or special plates. At some point the ADA, law and common sense must cross paths to deal with those abuse the system.

Effate Loc: El Dorado Hills, Ca.

Federal trumps state? Don't tell Colorado and Washington that or any other state that in any form legitimizes drugs listed as illegal federally.

Samuraiz Loc: Central Florida

I guess the link to local news is not up forever>
Try this one.

http://www.tpnn.com/2014/06/26/video-hotel-desk-clerk-refuses-to-serve-veteran-and-calls-the-police-you-wont-believe-why/

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

This is for NYC, note I'm not from the City.

http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/2427/service-dog-information

Guess there bad. as Effate mentioned a lot of states are taking the bad route.

And most states require you dog be tagged. In NY if it is a certified service animal there is no charge and that tag will identify the dog as a service dog.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Looks like there freeing up server space, film is down but the verbiage is there.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

If this person said, "A dog is a dog," no documentation would help. Anyone could print a fake ID card and buy an appropriate jacket for his dog. Look at all the people who claim to have been awarded the Medal of Honor - many more than were actually awarded.

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

It isn't the motel's judgement to make if the dog is a certified service animal.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

I know nothing about Broward County in Florida, but in most states, anyone with a psychiatric service animal with proper documentation must be accommodated. But many people buy a "service animal" vest and then try to force businesses to accommodate them. The laws require that the animal be prescribed by a mental health professional and have the proper documentation. That article appears to be gone from the website so I don't know any of the circumstances.

The veteran had the right to bring action against the motel and apparently didn't. Would he have been accommodated without the service dog? Or were they reacting to his disheveled appearance? Or to his lack of a prescription, or ability to pay, or driver's license, etc. (There are legal reasons they can reject a renter.) Since that article no longer comes up, we just can't know.

I write as a veteran and a psychologist who writes prescriptions for psychiatric service animals and emotional support dogs.

This was on the ABC station and could have been picked up by that network, probably not by the others you mention. (All kinds of copyright restrictions.) Your assumption that a same-sex couple would have generated a greater media attention would depend on the couple being willing and able to bring it out. They usually don't to avoid losing their privacy.

Red Bear

diensthunds, that's really me - the photo is provided as a service to "Hoggers" that need to scare away mice and such. That is also my name and email address on my posts; I'm not "In hiding" - ever. Thank you for your kind words; most people hated us when we got back to "the world" - including my own (adoptive) mother that greeted me with "Oh, the baby killer's back." I was a volunteer, too. 3 tours, 3 TDY's, one AK round, 15 months in hospitals and 100% disability.

For instance, no left lung, so the people on here that insist that I'm a liberal should know that I don't even have all of my "left" parts! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Red Bear

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