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Old 07-04-2020, 08:55 PM
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Default How can you tell?
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Originally Posted by JGVillages View Post
In 14+ years in TV, and I shop at Publix, I have never seen a dog that wasn’t a service dog.
How can you tell? On several occasions I have seen dogs, large and small, being lead Ito a store or being pushed in a grocery cart. I have seen them sniffing food items while the owner was oblivious and distracted. I have seen dogs laying in the aisles while the owner walked up the aisle looking for some item, or surprise someone with a sniff or lick. If these were service dogs, they were poorly trained and unidentified. Guide dogs for the blind are easily identifiable and very well trained. The ones I mentioned were not in any way identifiabe or labeled as service animals and did not appear to be performing any obvious function. So, again, how can you tell?