[nagdu] COMMUNITY COMMENTARY 'Emotional support dogs' endanger somein public

[Debby Phillips]

This is an interesting letter and in part, I certainly support 
it.  But I have some questions.  First of all, in Spokane I have 
run into people with dogs who say that they experience PTSAID.  
The dogs help them with that issue.  Are they considered service 
dogs? Or are they considered "emotional support" dogs? I am 
pretty unclear about this.  I understand that dogs that strictly 
give "comfort" are not service dogs, but I'm very unclear about 
the proliferation of dogs that Veterans are using because of 
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.  And is that considered a 
disability? Please understand, I'm supportive of anything that is 
good for Veterans, but this issue does not seem clear to me.    
Peace,    Debby