People with service animals are 100% allowed to tell their service animal that they are allowed to have fun. We train that into them when the fun time is allowed. During that time they have all the fun they want. When fun time is over we tell them to go back to work.
I could watch this all day. The dolphin is having so much fun and it's nice for them to get to see/do something different than the same thing day in day out. They get to experience such little joy in captivity. Let them have this
While this is cute and all, this is also the reason people with real service dogs struggle so much to be allowed in public spaces. This behavior is absolutely not that of an actual, trained service dog. And a real service dog would not be on a flexilead. The dolphin may be engaging by choice, but the dog should not be allowed to disrupt this enclosure, the animals in it, or the people viewing it. There is a very real cost to real people by allowing this.
In Florida A emotional support animal is not a protected class. Yeah it'll stop you from getting kicked out of your apartment and you won't have to pay pet rent, but going into stores or restaurants or any other public NOPE! Sorry, you can not bring them in.
Behavior like this has become way too common and many public establishments are fed up with ignorant people allowing out of control behavior from their pet dogs that they pretend are service dogs. So when someone with a real medical need for a real, trained service dog comes along, they are met with scrutiny and often refusal of entry (not legal under current ada laws in the us) because they get lumped in with people like this. They are forced to prove their dog/need is real because of this.
People who have an actual need for a service dog will be scrutinized because of pet owners slapping a service dog vest on their untrained dog and taking them to places pets are not allowed. If 9 people who let their non service animal act like fools, what are people gonna think when the 10th person who has a properly trained service animal walks in?
Usually people not believing their dog is a real service dog and either trying to distract/play with them, telling the owner they can't bring their dog with them somewhere, or just general harassment from idiots who don't think service dogs or rather, their jobs, aren't a real/serious thing at all.
Because most of the ones you see are not service dogs. My wife has a pretty serious dander allergy. Dumb asses bring their lap dogs into the grocery store with a fake service dog vest all of the time. They don't care about other people. Just their convenience.
By the way, thank you for asking this. I hate that you're being downvoted for an actual, genuine question as not everyone understands what medical dogs are or are used for, and what the owners have to put up with. This is a very good question for those that aren't familiar, so don't be discouraged in continuing to ask more.
People need to leave things like this unvoted if they don't want to upvote and seeming to support willful ignorance (which isn't the case here) and just upvote responses.
Oh, no problem! I WAS genuinely curious! I take the downvotes were from people who dislike service animals, or they thought I was bein' sarcastic? It's all good though!
The downvotes were probably from people who most likely thought you were sarcastic or even might have seen you as someone that hates genuine service animals, yeah. But there's no harm in them learning to take a benefit of the doubt and answer truthfully before making a judgement so they'd have better context of where you're coming from.
And no problem! Glad you took it all in stride. Next time you can always add "genuine question, but-" so that others can tell you're being serious/curious.
Yes- either they simply hate dogs/animals, see "service dogs" misbehave like this one and see them only as a disturbance since that is seen as the norm, or they simply do not understand the actual usefulness of legitimate medical service dogs which act as an actual and valuable medical tool when on the job and not a pet as they can be faster and more sensitive than certain other devices.
Fun fact, emotional support animals (likely here) aren't medical service dogs and aren't covered by the ADA.
No but in many cases all that can be done is a manager ask if the dog is a service animal and if they say yes that's all they can do. So basically anyone can just walk in with their dog to most stores.
How do you know that's a service dog? (Genuine question, not shark.) Where I live service vests for dogs all have a specific design. Different colours maybe, but they all have in big bold lettering the words "service animal" or something similar, big enough that even this potato quality camera would be able to pick it up clearly. So maybe it's just different in different places but to me that just looks like a dog in a jacket?
I am saying it is not a service dog, but its human is faking that it is. The “id card” on the back of the vest. You can buy them with no credentials or proof of training and just say it’s a service dog. Plus, as far as I know, pet dogs are not allowed in zoos or aquariums in most places.
In the US, at least, service dogs aren't required to wear any badges or other identifying symbols. Many people decide to add something like that to clearly communicate that their dog is a service animal and should be left alone, but it is not a law. But the combination of mobility scooter and an area that most likely doesn't allow pets makes me assume it's a fake service dog. Or an ESA which is not a service animal and should not be in a place like this.
What about the mobility scooter makes it less likely to be a service animal? I know little about the different types of service dogs, beyond seeing/seizure ones.
Oh, I meant that people with mobility scooters often have service dogs. They can be trained to detect a lot of things like changes in blood sugar, blood pressure, heart rate, etc. They can also be trained to alert their handler if they are about to faint or have a migraine. Some are also trained to assist with things like picking stuff up from the ground, opening doors, or helping their handler keep their balance. So people with mobility scooters often have service animals
However, the dog isn't acting like a service animal at all, which makes me assume its either their pet dog they are just trying to pass as a service animal or an emotional support animal and they don't realize that ESAs don't have the same public access that service animals have. I have seen a lot of people argue that they're allowed to take their ESAs wherever they want (which is not true)
In this case we are looking at the training, any one can buy that vest and put it on a dog but a service dog would never act like this while in work mode. I want to be clear a emotional support animal is not the same as a service dog. Source: I am a dog trainer.
This dog is not being trained. It is just a dog someone slapped a vest and tag on so they can take some shitty behaved yapper in places it shouldn't be.
I took the comment's point to be that we don't *know* they're passing it off as a sevice dog - it could just be a dog in a vest, as there aren't clear markings indicating it's an active service dog.
That said, I doubt many zoos and whatnot allow pets inside, and support/service animals can have different rights of access - it would depend on local law.
You are correct that its training indicates it's not a service dog [did I do the "its"s right?], so your assumption isn't unreasonable imo.
Oh, I see what you mean. I guess I know that type of vest even in this bad quality video and it does say service animal, but it's not one ever used by an actual service animal.
Yeah poor wording on my part. You got it. Here in Aus service dogs have a variety of very specific kinds of vests that say different stuff, but they are all very clearly labelled in a particular way so as to make it easy to see at a glance what the label says and what specific service the dog is there to perform. You couldn't just get a fake service vest for your non-service dog here, which is why I asked.
I see. It's common in the US for people to just buy these vests ( not real service dog vest) put them on their lil yapper with no training and take them in places they're not supposed to
neutronnefarious
I wish this video went on forever.
Bytencoder
The pup and the porpoise.
IDontUnderstandWhatIsHappening
People with service animals are 100% allowed to tell their service animal that they are allowed to have fun. We train that into them when the fun time is allowed. During that time they have all the fun they want. When fun time is over we tell them to go back to work.
IKindaLikeImgurAlot
Innocence.
GorillaFLicks
Dog: run run run run gaaaa! Run run run…
Grinch01
Someone should take her on a leash and pull everytime she runs...
sufferinsuccotash
I could watch this all day. The dolphin is having so much fun and it's nice for them to get to see/do something different than the same thing day in day out. They get to experience such little joy in captivity. Let them have this
sickjessi
I'm 99% sure that is not an actual service dog, and if so, that is so freaking annoying.
OaksParcel
Wearing a service vest without the training is the dog version of stolen valour
TwoDogsFucking
haIucid
Core memory right there.
CaldariBob
Those otters look hungry.
Psherman13
What a wholesome meme to share. Thanks @twodogsfuckung!
PhilStone911
Dolphins are psychopaths. The dolphin is probably trying to tire the dog out so it can kill it then play with its corpse with his friends.
ShadeMeadowsArt
Most, yeah.
Their cousins whales on the other fin!
DrPrune
That's why they're always smiling.
EstoyPoopis
Deranged little wet fuckers.
AtlasHuggedrescuepup
While this is cute and all, this is also the reason people with real service dogs struggle so much to be allowed in public spaces. This behavior is absolutely not that of an actual, trained service dog. And a real service dog would not be on a flexilead. The dolphin may be engaging by choice, but the dog should not be allowed to disrupt this enclosure, the animals in it, or the people viewing it. There is a very real cost to real people by allowing this.
PrincessPuffyPants
Not all vests put on dogs are for service dogs, some just warn people not to pet them because they're little assholes.... just sayin.
Rodville
In Florida A emotional support animal is not a protected class. Yeah it'll stop you from getting kicked out of your apartment and you won't have to pay pet rent, but going into stores or restaurants or any other public NOPE! Sorry, you can not bring them in.
sufferinsuccotash
The dolphins get to experience such little joy in captivity. Let them have this
TheMostModestMouse
Yea this looks like those stupid vests you can pay for online with a certificate claiming it's emotional support animals
ShadeMeadowsArt
What's the cost?
AtlasHuggedrescuepup
Behavior like this has become way too common and many public establishments are fed up with ignorant people allowing out of control behavior from their pet dogs that they pretend are service dogs. So when someone with a real medical need for a real, trained service dog comes along, they are met with scrutiny and often refusal of entry (not legal under current ada laws in the us) because they get lumped in with people like this. They are forced to prove their dog/need is real because of this.
HouseStank
People who have an actual need for a service dog will be scrutinized because of pet owners slapping a service dog vest on their untrained dog and taking them to places pets are not allowed. If 9 people who let their non service animal act like fools, what are people gonna think when the 10th person who has a properly trained service animal walks in?
daddydeezy
I bet you wipe your pee stains off of public toilets
ShadeMeadowsArt
Makes sense!
Sage042000
Usually people not believing their dog is a real service dog and either trying to distract/play with them, telling the owner they can't bring their dog with them somewhere, or just general harassment from idiots who don't think service dogs or rather, their jobs, aren't a real/serious thing at all.
ShadeMeadowsArt
Weird...
😟
BJWTech
Because most of the ones you see are not service dogs. My wife has a pretty serious dander allergy. Dumb asses bring their lap dogs into the grocery store with a fake service dog vest all of the time. They don't care about other people. Just their convenience.
N9inb0x
By the way, thank you for asking this. I hate that you're being downvoted for an actual, genuine question as not everyone understands what medical dogs are or are used for, and what the owners have to put up with. This is a very good question for those that aren't familiar, so don't be discouraged in continuing to ask more.
People need to leave things like this unvoted if they don't want to upvote and seeming to support willful ignorance (which isn't the case here) and just upvote responses.
ShadeMeadowsArt
Oh, no problem!
I WAS genuinely curious!
I take the downvotes were from people who dislike service animals, or they thought I was bein' sarcastic?
It's all good though!
Thank ya for bein' cool~
N9inb0x
The downvotes were probably from people who most likely thought you were sarcastic or even might have seen you as someone that hates genuine service animals, yeah. But there's no harm in them learning to take a benefit of the doubt and answer truthfully before making a judgement so they'd have better context of where you're coming from.
And no problem! Glad you took it all in stride. Next time you can always add "genuine question, but-" so that others can tell you're being serious/curious.
ShadeMeadowsArt
Thank you!
And that's fair... You can't detect intent online, you need to spell it out.
Oogibah
The cost is people complaining about service dog behavior and trying to get them banned
ShadeMeadowsArt
Eww, some people want to ban service dogs??
N9inb0x
Yes- either they simply hate dogs/animals, see "service dogs" misbehave like this one and see them only as a disturbance since that is seen as the norm, or they simply do not understand the actual usefulness of legitimate medical service dogs which act as an actual and valuable medical tool when on the job and not a pet as they can be faster and more sensitive than certain other devices.
Fun fact, emotional support animals (likely here) aren't medical service dogs and aren't covered by the ADA.
ShadeMeadowsArt
Damn...
😟
Ryebread91
No but in many cases all that can be done is a manager ask if the dog is a service animal and if they say yes that's all they can do. So basically anyone can just walk in with their dog to most stores.
AlmightyElephant
How do you know that's a service dog? (Genuine question, not shark.)
Where I live service vests for dogs all have a specific design. Different colours maybe, but they all have in big bold lettering the words "service animal" or something similar, big enough that even this potato quality camera would be able to pick it up clearly.
So maybe it's just different in different places but to me that just looks like a dog in a jacket?
uzetaab
The white thing on the top of the vest looks like some sort of licence/ID
AtlasHuggedrescuepup
I am saying it is not a service dog, but its human is faking that it is. The “id card” on the back of the vest. You can buy them with no credentials or proof of training and just say it’s a service dog. Plus, as far as I know, pet dogs are not allowed in zoos or aquariums in most places.
MoonHitsYourEye
Are dogs allowed in zoo’s? I think maybe that was the basis of the assumption perhaps
SIDSOS
In the US, at least, service dogs aren't required to wear any badges or other identifying symbols. Many people decide to add something like that to clearly communicate that their dog is a service animal and should be left alone, but it is not a law. But the combination of mobility scooter and an area that most likely doesn't allow pets makes me assume it's a fake service dog. Or an ESA which is not a service animal and should not be in a place like this.
qodglymoril
What about the mobility scooter makes it less likely to be a service animal? I know little about the different types of service dogs, beyond seeing/seizure ones.
SIDSOS
Oh, I meant that people with mobility scooters often have service dogs. They can be trained to detect a lot of things like changes in blood sugar, blood pressure, heart rate, etc. They can also be trained to alert their handler if they are about to faint or have a migraine. Some are also trained to assist with things like picking stuff up from the ground, opening doors, or helping their handler keep their balance. So people with mobility scooters often have service animals
SIDSOS
However, the dog isn't acting like a service animal at all, which makes me assume its either their pet dog they are just trying to pass as a service animal or an emotional support animal and they don't realize that ESAs don't have the same public access that service animals have. I have seen a lot of people argue that they're allowed to take their ESAs wherever they want (which is not true)
sparmek
In this case we are looking at the training, any one can buy that vest and put it on a dog but a service dog would never act like this while in work mode. I want to be clear a emotional support animal is not the same as a service dog. Source: I am a dog trainer.
SnailsAgainstTungstenSpheres
This dog is not being trained. It is just a dog someone slapped a vest and tag on so they can take some shitty behaved yapper in places it shouldn't be.
qodglymoril
I took the comment's point to be that we don't *know* they're passing it off as a sevice dog - it could just be a dog in a vest, as there aren't clear markings indicating it's an active service dog.
That said, I doubt many zoos and whatnot allow pets inside, and support/service animals can have different rights of access - it would depend on local law.
You are correct that its training indicates it's not a service dog [did I do the "its"s right?], so your assumption isn't unreasonable imo.
sparmek
Oh, I see what you mean. I guess I know that type of vest even in this bad quality video and it does say service animal, but it's not one ever used by an actual service animal.
MadamPuddifoot
You did do them right!
AlmightyElephant
Yeah poor wording on my part. You got it.
Here in Aus service dogs have a variety of very specific kinds of vests that say different stuff, but they are all very clearly labelled in a particular way so as to make it easy to see at a glance what the label says and what specific service the dog is there to perform. You couldn't just get a fake service vest for your non-service dog here, which is why I asked.
sparmek
I see. It's common in the US for people to just buy these vests ( not real service dog vest) put them on their lil yapper with no training and take them in places they're not supposed to