Disability

These families would have been better off if they had just gotten a regular dog and undergone a proper training course. It is evil for someone to take advantage of vulnerable people like this. There was nothing about the dogs in this story that made them in any way a "service dog."

It is clear that the ADA regulations concerning service dogs need to be rewritten and that legislation is necessary. The purpose of regulations is to protect the public, contrary to what republicans believe that they curtail the marketplace. Sometimes that is what is needed.

The children in this story needed loving companions more in line with what is called an "emotional support dog." An emotional support dog is a dog that is a loving companion. The idea of a service dog was used to con these families.