SERVICE DOGS: Listen up

Please consider doing an informational and educational piece on service dogs, the laws and most importantly, why people should leave their untrained fake service dog FIDO home.

I have noticed that in this area people do not seem to understand the importance of not talking to or touching my service dog while we are in public. Also they do not understand the laws and training that goes into a properly trained service dog. I have even been cursed at for not letting someone’s kid pet my service dog.

I received Shadow in August 2017 from K9s for Warriors and need him for medical reasons, but if people remain uneducated and others continue to bring their untrained dogs in stores barking and peeing everywhere, I fear what the outcome may be if Shadow is not paying full attention to me at all times.

MELINDA LEAGER

Hayden