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Originally Posted by alwann

This might be a slight thread drift, but somebody please educate me about the trend in service dogs. I see many little -- I mean like toy, and pocket-sized -- dogs with service animal vests in restaurants and other places where animals would be otherwise prohibited. On a recent cruise, I saw a morbidly obese woman in wheelchair (some of the time) with a service lap dog. So, I wonder what are these little dogs trained to do? And when out at sea, where do the do their business?

Fake service dogs a growing problem - NBC News.com

"It's an easy law to break, and dog cheats do. By strapping a vest or backpack that says "service animal" to their pet, anyone can go in stores and restaurants where other dogs are banned, creating growing problems for the disabled community and business owners and leading to calls for better identifying the real deal."