Sorry to rain on your parade, but I've seen this article several times now since I am in the service dog community. The dog is way overweight and is not wearing a leash, which it should be. Even service dogs have to abide by leash laws.
I also think it is inappropriate to photograph someone without them knowing and post it publicly, which is the feeling I get from the lady who posted that photo.
My work, a major retail store, was very welcoming of me and my service dog, and even let me post service dog etiquette at my register and in the back/employee area. For the most part, people were very cool, except a couple nosy people who thought they had a right to my medical information.
The dog is quite old; the vet has a new service dog in training right now. But I don't think she's even that overweight. I saw a TV news piece on the two of them, and she didn't strike me as fat. A bit chunky, perhaps, but that happens to the best of us as we age.
I agree that she doesn't look severely overweight, and at her age I don't find a littleextra weight to be particularly shocking.
As for leash laws, they can vary a lot from place to place, and we don't know what laws are in effect in Abilene, or whether he's breaking any laws by having her off leash.
Come to think of it, when my husband was in the hospital after a car accident, the therapy dogs that were used there were never leashed while they were working, that I saw. So who knows in this case.
You're right. Besides local laws that I'm not going to look up:
"Only two states declare that a dog must be under the control of his or her owner when off the owner's premises: Michigan and Pennsylvania. [...] There are numerous exceptions in the law including working dogs, guard dogs, and hunting dogs." Source
Home Depot was generally cool with us bringing dogs into the store. And I take my dog into Dollar General all the time so long as he's in the cart. We even take him into Michael's every once in a while. It's pretty much a "as long as he's not on the ground and not being disruptive, we'll either look the other way or give him treats" kind of deal.
Lowes is a pretty pet-friendly store. The only thing that I like about working there is that people are allowed to bring in their pets and sometimes I get to pet them. (WITH PERMISSION!) I hope he got full-time. I hope he got benefits but unless he was really lucky, he's probably getting around twenty-five hours a week.
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I also think it is inappropriate to photograph someone without them knowing and post it publicly, which is the feeling I get from the lady who posted that photo.
My work, a major retail store, was very welcoming of me and my service dog, and even let me post service dog etiquette at my register and in the back/employee area. For the most part, people were very cool, except a couple nosy people who thought they had a right to my medical information.
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I agree that she doesn't look severely overweight, and at her age I don't find a littleextra weight to be particularly shocking.
As for leash laws, they can vary a lot from place to place, and we don't know what laws are in effect in Abilene, or whether he's breaking any laws by having her off leash.
Come to think of it, when my husband was in the hospital after a car accident, the therapy dogs that were used there were never leashed while they were working, that I saw. So who knows in this case.
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"Only two states declare that a dog must be under the control of his or her owner when off the owner's premises: Michigan and Pennsylvania. [...] There are numerous exceptions in the law including working dogs, guard dogs, and hunting dogs."
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But I posted this for the dog, not for Lowe's, because we love cute dog stories here at ontd_p! :-)
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