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Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I don't eat on patios. But, I think that restaurants should be able to ban all dogs from being inside their restaurant. I don't care whether the dog is a service dog or not. The Federal ADA law is absurd. People who don't want to dine with dogs, should not be required to do so.

Originally Posted by tophcfa

I strongly disagree. My brother is 100% blind and completely relies on his incredibly well trained seeing eye dog (an absolutely beautiful German Shepherd) to be his eyes. Without his dog, he couldn’t go out to dinner. When his dog is in harness she is 100% working and well behaved. All the fake service dogs being paraded around by entitled a holes really pi$$es me off, they discredit the real service dogs that people like my brother depend on to live as normal a life as they possibly can.

I would like to say I am my dog's emotional support and I will go wherever she takes me . . . Always!

Thank you for your comment, tophcfa. I'm with you 100% and am genuinely embarrassed by the tone of some of these posters, including the one found at the top here, And to those who won't eat in a place where there are dogs, you should simply eat at home. Problem solved! I'd be willing to bet that your brother's guide dog is better behaved, cleaner, and serves a better purpose than those who made so many anti-dog asinine comments.

The law needs some serious adjustments made so that all the a-holes to whom you refer, get fined for promoting an injustice to all of those who ARE acting within the law and to those who require the help guide dogs give them.

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