A vet has revealed the dog practice they have a bone to pick with.
They complained about the pet owner’s behavior that drove them crazy.
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The vet explained that after more than half a decade in the business, it was something they couldn’t overcome.
“I [have] I have been in this profession for almost six years, but I sincerely despise owners who call their untrained, unsocialized, and uncertified wayward dogs ‘service or therapy dogs,'” they wrote.
Not only did the dogs tend not to qualify for certification, but they also added that many of the “service dogs” they met were among the rudest they had ever seen.
“I just got bitten by a German shepherd ‘therapy dog’ and that bastard almost took my fingers off,” they said.
They added that dog owners often employed deceptive tactics to sell their dogs as service dogs.
“These owners simply put [a] vest or harness with ‘service dog’ labels and states ‘Oh, he/she is my service/therapy dog. He/she is very friendly/never bites,'” they said.
Most of the time, the vet thought the allegations were a sign of a problem.
“BULLSH*T. When owners say their dogs never bite, we clearly know that’s a warning sign,” they said.
“Furthermore, when I ask them, ‘Is your dog professionally trained and certified by the [a] certified professional?’ They always say ‘No’ or ‘No, I trained him myself’.”
In addition to the ethical obscurity behind the behavior, the veterinarian added that the practice often got in the way of his work.
“When I ask them to take off their vest or harness, as it could cause a lot of confusion, they never listen or get angry,” they said.
“Seriously, these ignorant behaviors need to be completely banned.”
Service animals are dogs of any breed and size trained to perform tasks related to a person’s disability, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website.
They are allowed in most public places and do not need to wear a vest or identification badge, neither of which are indicators of a service animal.
And despite the vet’s complaints, they don’t need to go through a professional training program or be certified.
However, service dogs must be controlled by the handler, which means they must not bite.
Experienced veterinarians agreed that they observed similar alerting behaviors.
“I found out that when the owner says ‘he never bites’ that’s when you want an extra person and a snout,” said one.
“We also need to remind the owner that the animal would never bite them!” added another.
“The dog doesn’t know us, we’re strangers and they remember previous visits to the vet that maybe weren’t as fun. Fear, anxiety and stress turn the sweetest dogs into biters.”
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