-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Service Dogs
- Thread starter nitstalker
- Start date
Sonconato
Well-Known Member
I'd really like to see the service vest for that peacock...or them putting it on the peacock.
mlee10
Well-Known Member
As the actual owner of a true service dog, nothing annoys me more.
My daughter has a form of epilepsy and given that it is not the kind of epilepsy that most people think of (no gran mal seizures, she zones out and becomes confused). Not only is our Nala able to notify us when she is having a seizure but she also has started to show signs of knowing when Layla is working up to a seizure. One of her biggest jobs is to help control Layla's anxiety as this is a HUGE trigger for her seizures. It has become increasingly frustrating to even go places with Nala, we get a lot of evil stares from people, even though she is a fully trained and insured service dog.
We do not send Nala to school with Layla and we will not be bringing her to Disney with us when we go in 2 weeks. Nala is still young for a service dog and we do not want to set her up for failure. We did Disney 2 years ago with Layla and she did great during and after the trip. We are hoping that will be the case again this time and will take things at her pace. I would hate to take Nala into that large of a crowd!
People are giving true service dogs a bad image by using their "pets" as service animals. These dogs work VERY HARD to get the title of service dog and in most cases can be a true lifesaver to their handler.
My daughter has a form of epilepsy and given that it is not the kind of epilepsy that most people think of (no gran mal seizures, she zones out and becomes confused). Not only is our Nala able to notify us when she is having a seizure but she also has started to show signs of knowing when Layla is working up to a seizure. One of her biggest jobs is to help control Layla's anxiety as this is a HUGE trigger for her seizures. It has become increasingly frustrating to even go places with Nala, we get a lot of evil stares from people, even though she is a fully trained and insured service dog.
We do not send Nala to school with Layla and we will not be bringing her to Disney with us when we go in 2 weeks. Nala is still young for a service dog and we do not want to set her up for failure. We did Disney 2 years ago with Layla and she did great during and after the trip. We are hoping that will be the case again this time and will take things at her pace. I would hate to take Nala into that large of a crowd!
People are giving true service dogs a bad image by using their "pets" as service animals. These dogs work VERY HARD to get the title of service dog and in most cases can be a true lifesaver to their handler.
NormC
Well-Known Member
Emotional Support dogs are not allowed in Disney Parks only service dogs.
Last edited:
joejccva71
Well-Known Member
Except at the 4 resorts that allow dogs. Any type of dog. I mean they're not allowed in the parks but they're at the resorts.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
My guess is that it is also a currently unenforced law. It's to bad that we have to wait until someone is injured before anyone does anything about it. I guess that goes for a lot of things in this country even some where harm is actually done and nothing is done to prevent any further injuries.
DisAl
Well-Known Member
REAL service dogs are better behaved than 90% of the PEOPLE at WDW.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
Yes, and good luck with that. My apartment complex recently started actively promoting the dog friendly nature of this complex. Now we have non-stop yapping all day long, piles of festering dog pooh and constant abuse of the privilege due to either laziness or entitlement (probably both). I live one floor down from a lady that is in a two bedroom apartment, 850 square feet and she has 4 dogs. Yes, I said four. It's like a stampede overhead all day long as the run around the apartment. She works all day. They react if a fly goes by the window. I like dogs, but, I don't like some dog owners very much. No one should keep 4 full grown dogs confined all day long in a small area. Some of these dogs are the size of a miniature pony. No place to run, no place to get out and exercise and they call themselves dog lovers.
Beautiful - both her and your daughter.
joejccva71
Well-Known Member
Oh trust me I agree with you. The last few days I had been on the phone with Disney working out the details of me changing reservations from Yacht Club to Beach Club because of their allowing dogs. I love animals, but I think this is a terrible idea. If Disney wants to make more money, start After Hours for Animal Kingdom and charge $120 for a 3 hour ticket. If it helps beat the mob scene for Flight of Passage, it's worth it to me.
As far as the dogs, they say and people say that dog rooms have their own wing but there's not by themselves in a wing. Guests are there as well. I don't see how Disney is going to enforce this "well-behaved dog policy". Come on. Do you really think people are going to go to MK for a day, and then leave because they got a phone call saying their dog was barking? People wouldn't answer their phones.
I'm just totally against the dog idea, and I love dogs myself. It doesn't matter how well trained they are, they are in a strange hotel with people around they don't know as well as other dogs around, dogs are going to miss their owners being locked in a hotel room for 7 hours.
Plus housekeeping can't go in those rooms and clean every day. Like I shudder at the idea of what a room looks like after a 7 day trip with a dog in it. Just saying.
jloucks
Well-Known Member
As one of the people that train the dogs before you get them, it might be Interesting for you to know (if you don't already) that one of the places we are not allowed to take the dogs are amusement parks. They are one of the most challenging for Service Dogs in training for various reasons.
Zoos are another no-go place.
Only Finished, and preferably veteran serviced dogs go to Amusement Parks and Zoos. It is challenging for the animals. ...and thus their owners.
Its cute until it grows up and rips someones face off.
jloucks
Well-Known Member
Interesting. We train them to stay off the furniture. A specific adaptation for purpose?
Is Disney security allowed to question someone? You can purchase vests from Amazon. The problem with the addition to the law is it's unclear, short of the animal lunging at someone at the security checks, on how to question without violating the ADA. I watched a woman bring her purse dog into MK. And how did I know? Because the dog barked. But she told security it was a service dog and she was let in with it. I was astonished.
Imagine what that room would look like after one day if the dog suffers from separation anxiety.
mlee10
Well-Known Member
When she was being trained, they asked our preference on this. Given Layla's age (and the fact that we are animal lovers) we told them we wanted her to be where Layla was. You can't see in the picture but Layla is also sitting on the couch. She has done a pretty good job on her own of figuring out that when Layla isn't around she shouldn't be on the couch (truth be told, she really prefers the ground because she gets hot so easily).
Texas84
Well-Known Member
I saw one of those at Epcot. It had a cute little vest on and it looked terrified. Shaking.