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Some food for thought...
14 years ago
"MORELS taste good in omelettes..."
I'm still hunting for info on how to deal with a certain situation (can't name names, sorry), and I've gotten various advice ranging from "throw the book at 'em!" to "drop it, there isn't much you can do."
Maybe not, but I'm certainly going to try. I don't like liars. I despise those who would taint the reputation of REAL service-animals with their half-trained, rangy, hyper dogs (however lovable that dog may be) because it gets them attention and feeds their fantasies. I hate it when someone sneers and laughs at a serious suggestion that they learn to train their dog better. I hate it when people think they're being persecuted or harassed because someone got in their faces and fronted them with their bad behaviour. I hate entitled little twits who spout bullshit regurgitations of badly-scripted television-programs, thinking they actually know something because they saw such and such a show about dog-behaviour and psychology (this is an assumption on my part- I'm thinking this is likely where they got some of their "knowledge", from the things they were saying). It pisses me off utterly to see someone so misuse certain information and then use it to justify the abuse of an animal.
Don't kick your dog.
Don't lie about it's ancestry.
Don't, by all that's good in this world, fucking LIE about them being a Service-dog, either!<--- It's fraudulent, wrong, and may entail legal charges, fines and even jail-time.
Just don't do this sort of thing.
Some relevant links for your edification:
http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/24/car.....-for-the-vest/ A couple of the commentors in the thread below the article quote the California law regarding fraudulent claims of one's dog as a Service-animal (scroll down, it's around the middle).
http://www.iaadp.org/doj-def-commen.....II-III-SA.html The law itself, with recent amendments and judge's commentary.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/lifestyl.....a4bcf6878.html
A quote from this article: "Pet-owners who fake a disability and display their dogs as service animals are committing fraud and can face a fine or, more seriously, federal fraud charges.
One of the best ways to spot service dog fraud is to pay close attention to the dog's behavior in a public place. Service dogs spend years in training and will not bark or become stressed out unless their handler is in trouble. They are also trained to obey their owner's commands and lay down in a quiet manner when instructed to do so. If a dog with a service vest is not obeying or listening and seems distracted or agitated, he is most likely not a legitimate service animal."
Maybe not, but I'm certainly going to try. I don't like liars. I despise those who would taint the reputation of REAL service-animals with their half-trained, rangy, hyper dogs (however lovable that dog may be) because it gets them attention and feeds their fantasies. I hate it when someone sneers and laughs at a serious suggestion that they learn to train their dog better. I hate it when people think they're being persecuted or harassed because someone got in their faces and fronted them with their bad behaviour. I hate entitled little twits who spout bullshit regurgitations of badly-scripted television-programs, thinking they actually know something because they saw such and such a show about dog-behaviour and psychology (this is an assumption on my part- I'm thinking this is likely where they got some of their "knowledge", from the things they were saying). It pisses me off utterly to see someone so misuse certain information and then use it to justify the abuse of an animal.
Don't kick your dog.
Don't lie about it's ancestry.
Don't, by all that's good in this world, fucking LIE about them being a Service-dog, either!<--- It's fraudulent, wrong, and may entail legal charges, fines and even jail-time.
Just don't do this sort of thing.
Some relevant links for your edification:
http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/24/car.....-for-the-vest/ A couple of the commentors in the thread below the article quote the California law regarding fraudulent claims of one's dog as a Service-animal (scroll down, it's around the middle).
http://www.iaadp.org/doj-def-commen.....II-III-SA.html The law itself, with recent amendments and judge's commentary.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/lifestyl.....a4bcf6878.html
A quote from this article: "Pet-owners who fake a disability and display their dogs as service animals are committing fraud and can face a fine or, more seriously, federal fraud charges.
One of the best ways to spot service dog fraud is to pay close attention to the dog's behavior in a public place. Service dogs spend years in training and will not bark or become stressed out unless their handler is in trouble. They are also trained to obey their owner's commands and lay down in a quiet manner when instructed to do so. If a dog with a service vest is not obeying or listening and seems distracted or agitated, he is most likely not a legitimate service animal."
I bet you've never seen a Skirt-steak worn this way.
:P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-CG5w4YwOI
Weird Al is getting bold in his comments about how our government does things with his stuff, it looks like. Whoosh!
There's some bold acidic balls of "matter" in "her" stomach >.>
I'm missing somethin' in the last line, though, sorry- not working on all thrusters today.
There you go... Jeffree Star is... I'm assuming a M2F Transgender?
Yeah, the fines are there to give the "bitch-slap from a little thing I like to call reality". People don't seem to take shit seriously unless there's a hefty price-tag attached. It's not for regulating the animals themselves- they're so highly-trained and so specialized, it's fucking obvious that they are NOT pets or even "ordinary" dogs... It's that consequences thing I've been harping on, lately. The things we do- EVERYTHING we do- will have an effect, good or bad. Lying about having a Service-animal does more than potentially land the liar in hot water with the law, it cheapens the concept and makes it more difficult for people with real disabilities, who actually need these highly-trained animals, to get accepted, or to be believed that the dog is actually necessary.
What's key in my mind, is learning responsibility, teaching responsibility, living responsibly, and expecting people to be responsible. Instead, we have a situation where decisions are made for us, taking away the opportunity to make a decision (right or wrong), or to learn- or create- a better way of doing something, but, because it profits certain people and groups to have things set up in such a way as to benefit them alone and not for "Good citizen and community" reasons (just profit... for them), we end up learning to be helpless, because we've been taught that there is no other way to do something and that there is no other choices available. Those who question that- like me- get a LOT of flak over it. And will continue to do so as long this idiocy continues.
That very statement is the basis of other arguments/debates we've had in the past. As far as I'm concerned in this issue, there should be no law saying "Don't lie about service animals or you pay Uncle Sam an arm and leg or spend a year with Bubba." It does nothing but pad the pockets of people who aren't actually harmed by the deceit. We should handle liars on our terms.
Also, even though I've personally been abused, beaten, and otherwise harmed by people I was supposed to trust, I STILL do not understand how anyone could do that to another thinking, feeling creature. I understand some of the psychological aspects- fear, a lack of self-esteem, feeling threatened when their set-in-stone personal identities are questioned- but not the sheer lack of self-control or self-editing needed to in order to actually do such a thing. The abuse I've seen others commit is so often done without any thought- it's completely knee-jerk reactive- no time to actually think about a situation. No impulse-control and no self-reflectionary questions like "should I really be doing this? Should I punish them while I'm angry? Should I even be angry when he did what he did out of fatigue, over-excitement and nerves?"
As for kids, I shudder to think what horrors this person might unwittingly, and without even intending harm, perpetrate upon a child... They kicked their dog, but not hard. They kicked him without thinking about it, or what it meant to the dog. They kicked him out of anger and personal affront. Harm was never the intention- the person involved would be utterly repulsed and rightfully furious if someone else where to actually hurt their dog, but they have a weird set of blinders on that prevents them from seeing even the light kick they delivered to the dog's ribs as abusive. They just cannot understand that the "training" they're giving their animal will cause later developmental and behavioural problems because their signals to this dog are so mixed as to be completely inconsistent. To the dog- his training and life are random: one moment, jumping up on people for "doggy hugs" is fine, the next, it's to be punished. Another time, playfully nipping at someone's fursuit is ok, even encouraged, and later, "no! Don't do that!". Recipe for fucking up a sweet animal. They just... don't get it.
*sigh*
There are also so many dogs around here that don't get the love and affection they deserve, cats for that matter. I wish I could save them all, but I can only do what I can to save a few.
~sigh~ I do know the frustration.