22/01/2024
This is brilliant!! Don't be a faker!
๐โ๐ฆบ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธโฆ
๐ Okay fake assistance dogs, Iโm calling you out!
๐๐ฝ Do you know someone who uses a โservice dogโ or โtherapy dogโ or โassistance dogโ vest on their pet dog (that isnโt an actual qualified assistance dog) and goes out to public places like a shop, or grocery store?
๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐?
โ๐ฝDid you know that in order to take your dog out in places such as a grocery store, on a plane, inside a doctor surgery or around a shopping mall, they need to recognised as an actually certified Assistance Dog?
๐ Assistance Dogs are considered a medical aid, specifically trained to assist a person with visible and non visible disabilities. They are given additional permissions and protections under the law than pet dogs.
๐ฉ Therapy Dogs are pets, and while they may offer therapeutic support, are not considered a medical necessity.
๐คฏ Now to make you a little more confused, Therapy Dogs do access places such as nursing homes, schools and some hospitals. However, whilst there is no legislation about the training requirements for Therapy Dogs, it is expected that to access these places, the dogs would have undergone training by a company such as Therapy Dogs Australia.
๐ก So whatโs the beef that I have?
๐ซต๐ฝ People using their ordinary pet dogs and pretending they are qualified by using a fake jacket they purchased off Etsy to enter public places.
๐๐ฝ Untrained dogs can cause serious issues for people that rely on their qualified Assistance Dog in public places. Distracting a dog that is trained for a purpose could pose serious physical and medical risks to their human handler. You could also put the dog at risk for future work as well.
๐๐ฝ Your untrained dog could be putting a member of the public at risk. Some people have genuine fears of dogs and have a right to live in the community safely without having your untrained dog engage with them.
๐๐ฝ You are ruining it for the people that do the right thing. We fight hard to have the community accept our dogs. If your dog is a poor example of dogs in public, we may start losing the privilege of having them sit at cafe etc.
๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ Finally, morally and ethically, itโs the wrong thing to do.
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Please share this far and wide, and hopefully someone will see it that does this and think about it.
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