Is this really a service dog?

[Cesar R M]

The better question is why don't you get your allergy treated. Or do you simply prefer to ignore your own problem and seek to force everyone around you to change for you? You seem to think it is better to inconvenience everyone on a plane instead of you treating your own problem... how do you justify that?

Please stop for a moment, cool down and then re-read the garbage you wrote.

 

[xdan0920]

it’s not the small dogs in a carrier who are causing the problem...they’ve always been there.

This is patently false. It’s a relatively new phenomenon, widely credited to Paris Hilton. So, cool, I guess.

 

[jaklgreen]

Um...as someone with a peanut allergy, I find the fact that you disregard the announcement very disturbing.

First off, an airplane is a giant floating box. Under normal circumstances, you would be able to get away from an irritant, but on an airplane, you're stuck.

Second, if someone does have a reaction that requires an Epi Pen, then they have to go to the ER. That means the plane has to land, delaying the flight for everyone and causing backups down the line. Not to mention the person could potentially DIE.

I am not normally as obsessive about my peanut allergy, but the knowledge that if I were to have a reaction, I'd inconvenience everyone on board means I tell the airline about my allergy, and there's no peanuts on the plane.

How about just enjoying your peanuts after the flight instead of potentially putting someone at risk and inconveniencing everyone, including yourself?

Allergies are very dangerous and should be taken seriously. I wish they would extend this from just peanut allergies to others. I am very allergic to perfumes/colognes. Some people seem to bathe in them. I would love to see the airline putting out statements reminding people that you are in a closed box with recirculating air, and to be more considerate of others.

 

[21stamps]

This is patently false. It’s a relatively new phenomenon, widely credited to Paris Hilton. So, cool, I guess.

Not quite. Dogs didn’t become popular because of Paris Hilton. However, Designer dog bags/carriers/beds/etc..and clothing, becoming wildly popular can probably be credited to Paris Hilton.

I’ll add that the tea cup craze was probably influenced by her.. and it was horrible. Tea Cups were one of the worst things that humans have done to dogs.. I’d never own one, never have a friend who would purposely buy one, and never buy from a breeder who sold them. Toy breeds are thousands of years older than Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson, tea cups were disgustingly invented from runts. The health problems and premature death of those poor dogs led to the end of that fad relatively quickly.

 

[joejccva71]

We did have one vendor ask an illegal, but valid question. He asked what breed our dog was. While I was well aware I didn't have to answer that question, we gladly answered. (Golden Retriever).

I mean maybe he just wanted to know what kind of dog it was? How is that illegal?

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Allergies are very dangerous and should be taken seriously. I wish they would extend this from just peanut allergies to others. I am very allergic to perfumes/colognes. Some people seem to bathe in them. I would love to see the airline putting out statements reminding people that you are in a closed box with recirculating air, and to be more considerate of others.

Oh my gosh, yes. Cannot tell you the amount of times I've been around someone with cologne and not been able to breathe afterward

 

[larryz]

 

[DryerLintFan]

If you would like for me to explain...

Hello to those that think that My Mother's service animal may be a fake, SHE is not a fake, we have Doctors letters to training records. Even though I don't have to explain myself, I'm still going to so... We carry Vet records and my mother's Doctor letter with us every where we go. Nana Darling has been going to Disney World with us for over a year and half now. Yes I personally trained her with a help of a professional dog trainer from the age of 3 months old, which she will be 4 years old next week. I have followed every ADA law. She alerts to PTSD and COPD attacks and task of DPT aka Deep pressure therapy. She has saved my mother's life more then you would think she could and faster then I could so myself. Nana does hold her potty thank you very much, and for the sand video, she went potty in the grass before hand and even left alone the rabbit next to her the whole time. I also clean up after Nana after every time she goes potty unlike some other SD handlers do at the parks. They even have doggy potty bags at guest relations if you forgot yours.

Yes there are A LOT of fakes at the park. we go to the parks about 1 to 3 times a week. Just the other day at EPCOT there was an ESA vested as a ESA barking at Nana over and over again, making it unavoidable no matter how far we got into the park, I had to tell a CM to get security.

Nana Darling has been poke, petted, kicked, finger snapped at, barked at, and even almost attacked by another Dog at WDW. Yes I don't like how Disney has opened its doors to resort guest to allow dogs to stay at the hotels. Even though by Disney Rules, they have to be crated in side the room, they can still bark unsupervised. Good luck to the people trying to take a nap because I know that would tick me off with uncontrolled barking.

Most SD handlers can tell by body language and commends if its a real service dog, but because of a less then 2 min video of my dog seeing sand for the very first time in her life, you had to really make a post about it? I personally invite you to spend a day with us if you would like to get to know us.

https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html

It's incredible to me that the owner of the dog comes on to say the dog is a legitimate service animal and everyone ignores the post so they can continue to talk about whether or not they think it's a legitimate service animal.....

 

[jloucks]

I mean maybe he just wanted to know what kind of dog it was? How is that illegal?

You are only legally allowed to ask 2 questions? I guess we could infer that to mean you can only base entry denial on those two questions and any other questions are just bonus curiosity questions. Still, probably best for enforcers to not get personal. People take things the wrong way all the time. For us, the sequence was 3 questions, "Is that a service animal"? "What breed is it"? "What is it trained to do." Liability wise, I don't think enforces should ask any personal questions. At least not during the screening interview.

 

[larryz]

I know, but he'd want us to button down, buckle up, and carry on!

 

[joejccva71]

You are only legally allowed to ask 2 questions? I guess we could infer that to mean you can only base entry denial on those two questions and any other questions are just bonus curiosity questions. Still, probably best for enforcers to not get personal. People take things the wrong way all the time. For us, the sequence was 3 questions, "Is that a service animal"? "What breed is it"? "What is it trained to do." Liability wise, I don't think enforces should ask any personal questions. At least not during the screening interview.

What I'm saying was, maybe he wasn't trying to "be an enforcer". Maybe he was just admiring the animal and wanted to ask what kind of dog it was? You said it was a vendor so I assumed it was just someone selling popcorn or something, and maybe he or she was just asking what the breed was. No harm in that. Not everyone is out to drill people with questions.

 

[21stamps]

What I'm saying was, maybe he wasn't trying to "be an enforcer". Maybe he was just admiring the animal and wanted to ask what kind of dog it was? You said it was a vendor so I assumed it was just someone selling popcorn or something, and maybe he or she was just asking what the breed was. No harm in that. Not everyone is out to drill people with questions.

I’m sure some people just inquire about the dog because of that exact reason. Not everyone hates dogs or wants to grill a service dog owner to find out if they’re fake.

 

[thomas998]

I'm confused - get an allergy treated?

There is a treatment for peanut allergies that is proactive no reactive. Her taking medicine after an exposure is reactive, there is a regiment that involves taking small measured amount of the peanut protein over time that will allow the person to even eat peanuts without any reaction. That was the treatment I spoke of if she did that she would no longer need to avoid exposure.

 

[xdan0920]

There is a treatment for peanut allergies that is proactive no reactive. Her taking medicine after an exposure is reactive, there is a regiment that involves taking small measured amount of the peanut protein over time that will allow the person to even eat peanuts without any reaction. That was the treatment I spoke of if she did that she would no longer need to avoid exposure.

Could you provide a link to back this up doc?

Or is your source on this the Dread Pirate Roberts?

 

[LeighM]

There is a treatment for peanut allergies that is proactive no reactive. Her taking medicine after an exposure is reactive, there is a regiment that involves taking small measured amount of the peanut protein over time that will allow the person to even eat peanuts without any reaction. That was the treatment I spoke of if she did that she would no longer need to avoid exposure.

I know of someone's son that is going through treatment for certain allergies. They had to wait until he was old enough but even then it's not a guarantee that all allergies will be treated. He went to the doctor for his latest appointment a few months ago and they thought that they would have to cancel it because of a reaction that he had. Which is still a possibility they may have to stop the treatments. Just because it helps SOME people who suffer from allergies doesn't mean it is a solution for EVERY person.

 

[larryz]

Could you provide a link to back this up doc?

Or is your source on this the Dread Pirate Roberts?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193471/
Credit the Dread Doctor Jhamnani. Co-credit to the Dread Doctor Frischmeyer-Guerrerio...

 

[xdan0920]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193471/
Credit the Dread Doctor Jhamnani. Co-credit to the Dread Doctor Frischmeyer-Guerrerio...

From the conclusion portion of the cited study.

“Only a minority of subjects have achieved sustained unresponsiveness in most peanut immunotherapy trials to date. More research is needed to investigate the ability of adjuvants and other adjunctive therapies to promote long-lasting tolerance as well as safety. While the results of recent immunotherapy trials for peanut allergy have been promising, further investigation is needed to optimize the risk/benefit ratio of these treatments before they are ready for routine clinical use.”

 

[thomas998]

Could you provide a link to back this up doc?

Or is your source on this the Dread Pirate Roberts?

You're on the net so I'm pretty sure you know how to google it.

 

[jaklgreen]

Could you provide a link to back this up doc?

Or is your source on this the Dread Pirate Roberts?

Actually what xdan0920 says is true. There is a new regiment that they have very good success with in treating peanut allergies. My girls' orthodontist is taking her daughter to a doctor that does that in our city. Reports have been very favorable. But it is not available everywhere yet.

 

[correcaminos]

There is a treatment for peanut allergies that is proactive no reactive. Her taking medicine after an exposure is reactive, there is a regiment that involves taking small measured amount of the peanut protein over time that will allow the person to even eat peanuts without any reaction. That was the treatment I spoke of if she did that she would no longer need to avoid exposure.

It's not a regular treatment. Still being studied and not something you can just get treated for readily yet as you are implying. I wish they could do this with foods so I could easily tolerate alliums again.

You're on the net so I'm pretty sure you know how to google it.

If you googled it yourself you'd see all I said above and what others said about how effective it is for all. Though studies are showing promise for those who did become tolerant. 4 years later it's still effective. But like many things, we're not there just yet.