[nagdu] Fake Service Dogs

[Julie J.]

Lea,

If your friend needs a dog in her home for therapeutic reasons, she is 
within her rights under the FHA to have one.  Companion animals of this 
variety do not need any specific task training because they do what they 
do by the nature of being an animal.   A letter from her health care 
professional is sufficient to show need.

The rules for disabled people utilizing the assistance of a trained 
service dog in public fall under the ADA.  It's a different law and 
covers entirely different situations. These are the dogs that must be 
task trained to mitigate the handler's disability.  They must be well 
mannered and not interfere with the normal flow of business.

I hope the distinction makes sense. As long as your friend has the dog 
at home or pet friendly places, she isn't breaking any laws.

Julie




On 11/3/2011 10:43 AM, Lea williams wrote:
> I have a friend who's dauter was given a licens lately that her pet
> dog was a tharopy dog, even though it has gone through no training. It
> was her tharopist who gave it to her so that her landlord could not
> make her give the dog up because they changed the rules on her after
> living there for some time and say that they are not letting them to
> have pets anymore.
> I told my friend that yes this might work for the place where she
> lives, but that would not give her rights to take it to the store with
> her. IDK what else to say. I just kept thinking of the other things I
> have read on here about people taking untrained dogs in the store and
> the problems it caused.
>
> On 11/3/11, Cindy Ray<cindyray at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I think, Cheryl, these are good points. That is a reason why we have to know
>> the regulations that govern our usage so that we can more clearly state
>> these things.
>> Cindy
>>
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