Posted on 09/22/2017 4:36:11 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
An argument broke out at a Delaware restaurant this week after a woman complained to a veteran that service dogs inside eateries are “nasty.”
The video shows Ciara Miller standing inside of Kathy’s Crab House arguing with a small group of people, including a man holding a leash of a Great Dane wearing a vest that read: “PTSD service dog.”
At one point a woman off camera is heard telling Miller the dog’s owner is a military veteran, the News Journal in Wilmington reported.
Miller is heard responding the point is irrelevant and having an animal in a restaurant is “nasty.”
“I’m not going to keep my opinions to myself,” Miller said in the video. “I’m going to voice it just like I did. There’s nothing you can do about it.”
She said restaurants should have an area designated for service animals.
The American with Disabilities Act requires restaurants to admit patrons with service animals. In Delaware, the law is not extended to emotional support animals.
The YouTube video has been watched more than 400,000 times.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the restaurant addressed the video, calling it “embarrassing.”
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The law also is that Service Animals are required to “Do Something”,not be a source of emotional support and yes this Service Animal thing is being abused by way to many.
“Service dogs are for blind people. I’m getting tired of all the “emotional support animal” nonsense.”
I suggest you research your state’s service dog laws for vets with PTSD and/or research why a PTSD vet would want one.
We expect our young men and women to go off and fight endless wars and all too often many of these folks find themselves in a life or death situation that leaves their personalities scarred for life. It’s difficult for many to understand that PTSD just does not cause a continuous awake reliving of the stressors that caused PTSD along with terrifying nightmares. But that it causes ones entire personality to be different from others. Many simply cannot bond with another person, but can find friendship with a dog.
For those of you that find this concept just totally stupid, I’m glad for you, for you have obviously been sheltered and are leading a better life than the fellow with the dog.
Now I do agree a little better judgement could have been used in bringing such a large animal into a restaurant, but then again, if a black blind person did such a thing, would the lady have went off?
Yer choice and its what the loud mouth pig in the video should’ah done but she also chose to be an A Hole while she was leaving.
She griped about the food 1st lets not forget.
Great Danes are wonderful. One’s zonked out right now on his couch, that used to be mine.
However, like you, I have no idea at all what a "PTSD" dog is - or what it's supposed to do.
Would you be defending this if he wasn’t a veteran?
Also, no matter how well trained a dog is it can snap. How would you control a 150 raging animal in a restaurant?
LOL! Drive up to my house some time in an ordinary sedan and be greeted by my Dane. He’ll be directly at face level while you’re seated. Open the window and you might get kicked to death.
I would a damn site rather eat with that dog then that African harpy. I can smell her from her.
I am one of those who can't comprehend what a PTSD service dog is for. I spent 17 months in direct combat and had the "shakes" as bad as anybody for years afterward. What exactly is the dog for?
” How would you control a 150 raging animal in a restaurant?”
Are you talking about the “woman”?
A genuine 'PTSD' dog can pick up on the subtle queues that their owner is about to have an incident.
A properly trained animal is wildly expensive and typically provided by 3rd party organanizations. You can guarantee that for every genuine one there are several people that just claim their mutt is one to bring it into the restaurant.
I don’t generally approve of people bringing their pets in. If this guy has had some problems and the dog gives him comfort, I don’t mind.
If he could put up with combat, I could put up with his dog being there.
You do touch on a point that is of concern. If the dog has been trained officially, then I’d be okay with it. If he didn’t have a card verifying that, I think it would be reasoned to ask him to come back with service card, or without the dog.
He should be thanked for his service and treated decently.
This woman is just downright nasty.
Ban hair hatted hooligans from eating establishments as a matter of public health.
You meant “licked to death” right?
Funny.
I’ve heard they are very gentle dogs.
They do make me uncomfortable.
Right there with you. Much rather sit next to the dog to eat than to that woman.
What everyone here is missing, is the fact this woman needed a service dog. It may have helped immeasurably.
She seems to be suffering from PTSD.
Pre Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Look, the dog isn’t sitting on your food. His butt is on the floor...the same place that your filthy shoes walk.
As you heard from my blathering about my early history, we ALL got the shakes after a while - can't help it. Too much goes on and an overload of daily fear creeps up on a young man. I guess that's what they're calling PTSD.
I'm just unacquainted with what the therapeutic value of a dog would be while one was still in the startle reaction/nightmares stage.
Back then, I treated it with single-malt Scotch, every evening until I could sleep.
I know all about PTSD.
Not everyone with PTSD needs to drag around their 150 pound "emotional support pet" along with them everywhere they go. I'm getting tired of all the snowflakes. Just because he's a veteran doesn't make him special. I'm a veteran as well.
Plenty of veterans are doing just fine without their emotional support pet. Buy him a teddy bear or something.
Did you miss the “service dog” part or are you being sarcastic? Hard to tell.
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