There is a serious amount of training that goes on in the making of a service dog. Our dog has been through three obedience/socialization courses, but I can't imagine taking him, even at age 5, inside a restaurant without the proper guide dog training. Especially a golden retriever, which a lot of guide dogs are--they have to greet every single person on earth. Personally, and up close. Yes, they calm down eventually and will sit quietly, but those first couple of minutes would give them away. They wag their tails beginning at the hips. Actually, the tail wags the dog.
He does really well outside on restaurant porches, but in a confined indoor seating space... I/he couldn't pull off the scam.
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