Interesting fact - As of 2011, actual horses* are allowed to be service animals.
*Certain ones, at least
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
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I'm starting to think that this guy had an experience.
"people often..." Sounds like more than an isolated incident. The herd must live near by.
How high is the sign?! Where is the canine/equine cutoff for these people?!
…just curious
Anything over 42" - that's the top range for a Shetland pony
That's 106.68 cm, for almost everyone else in the world.
My mastiffs are angels but I'd never take them into a restaurant or store; I barely let strangers come close to us while where walking. They're pretty anxious and very protective. If someone fucks with the dogs and gets bit, they're either dead or losing a limb and my good boys aren't going to be held at fault for some dumbass' behavior.
I love dogs. Have two rescue mutts, they're priceless. I've loved dogs my whole goddang life, I really think they've gotten the short end of the stick with their deal with humanity. they deserve our love and care.
unrelated to the pic but I gotta vent:
goddamn people: stop bringing your dog into the supermarket. yeah yeah you can claim it's an emotional support animal, I don't fucking care. It's a food store, and there are people there that don't want to interact with your dog, or clean up it's accidents, where they shop for FOOD.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk I guess.
My local grocery store now has big ass signs on the door saying no dogs unless they're actually real service animals like seeing eye dogs and that emotional support animals don't count. I think they must be actually enforcing it too because it's one of the few places I don't see people's fucking dogs running around. I love dogs, probably more than the average person, but they don't belong in most stores especially because the overlap between people bringing their dogs into stores and the people who actually train their dogs is pretty small.
A lot of people don't understand the difference between service dogs and ESAs, including store owners and employees.
The American with Disabilities Act does not include ESAs, and businesses in the US can prohibit them so long as there isn't a local or state law stating otherwise.
Right, but the limitations around even asking about a service animal make it a risky endeavor, so shops often take the safer route and assume any dog is a Service Animal.
It's also important to note that not every service animal is a seeing eye dog. There are lots of service animals for conditions that aren't easily apparent.
Emotional support animals wearing the official harness are actually real services animals that have been trained and such. They will behave.
One of my friend only carries the official harness (without usually using it) because of places like this that don't consider them to be "real"... Then she can put it on the dog and they can't complain.
That's really smart of your friend, because most ESAs (in my experience) aren't actually trained to be a real service animal. I've interacted with so many "ESAs" that are just their regular pet that their anxiety won't let them leave them at home.
I have trained my dog to help settle my stress and anxiety in certain ways. He has his service dog vest that I never really use. He isn't currently certified as a Support Animal but I could very easily if I so choose. The only places he really comes with me is places that just allow animals in the store 365 days of the year (A national Hardware store in Canada, Canadian Tire, allows dogs at all times of the year).
We love dogs too in my household. I have four dogs, in addition to numerous other terrestrial and aquatic pets.
But unfortunately, much like other people can be the worst, other people's dogs can be the worst!
And for that matter I am the rare Lemmy user that also loves kids. I am the fun dad and uncle. other people's kids can also be the worst, lol.
People just need to pay attention to the world around them and how they affect others. That would be nice. (good luck, amirite?)
When my dog is a little hoarse I take him to the vet
Fair enough. As a former owner of a public retail business, Ill bet this proprietor has a great relationship with his customers.
Hoarse.
After a long speech like that? Probably.
They're geologists, they should know if the lampposts outside are anchored sufficiently.
Geologists are the ones that lick stones, civil engineers are the ones that understand lampposts and concrete.
You are right but the field is not too far off, geologists should know where to obtain info on street lamps' hellhound resistance.
I'm sure they would if the city would stop fining and harassing them about the bore holes for core samples. The pencil pushers are always standing in the way of real science.
Tldr
Pls no big dogs.
Also no horses or dogs crossbred with M1A1 tanks
*hoarses
should read it, it's comedy gold.
Perfection.