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No Dogs Allowed: Paralympian denied hotel room because of guide dog
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In the US a full access certified service dog can go into ANY public facility. Majority of places know this. What hurts ppl who have a service dog is ppl who use FAKE vests, cards, ID's (none of these are actually required) and bring pets into the restaurant and stores, not only giving legit service dogs a bad rap, but putting them & their person in danger at times.
Also, please consider that MOST disabilities are not always visible- 🙏
Disgusting behaviour by the hotel
We have a special area for people with dogs to set, and it is nowhere close to everyone else. I have no problem with pets, but some people are allergic. We have to worry about them as well.
I am seriously considering a service dog because of my severe anxiety disorder. We can all become advocates and perhaps get petitions going demanding change and the people disrespecting a person's right to having their service dog with them need to be heavily fined for breaking the law. This makes me so sad.🥺
The problem is that every 2nd person claims that their dog is a service dog or emotional support animal just to be able to take their dogs where they are usually not allowed. Here in South Africa they are super strict and there are so few places you can take a normal dog and thankfully there are very few dog owners faking their dog as a service dog or emotional support animal. If the dog owner can prove their dog is a service dog or emotional support animal then fine, they should be allowed. But the fake ones need to be weeded out as these dogs can cause a lot of problems in public, which has already banned dogs from most public areas here in South Africa.
Alot of people ate severely allergic..I wonder about that sometimes
Hi I woke this morning to dog has inflation in nostrils and lips around nose scratching raw not sure what is wrong looking it up to try to find out this best thing I've seen plz I'm a tech dummy so don't see a way privately message you hoping for a response sooner then later the big guy looking not happy☹
I totally agree with you Dr. Jones. That was so wrong of that facility to deny her a room. I pray all businesses become aware of this law & follow it so no one else has to ever experience this .
Yes! Thank you for talking about this!
Well said. I adore dogs ..They give unconditional love. Sweet souls on this earth. Many thanks for your advice for arthritic dogs. I am following your massage and accupresssure video. It has improved my dog's mobility. Once again many thanks.😊🐶
Replace the word "dog" every time it's said, with "masks or vaccinations." It's soon gonna be like this with humans. We won't be able to stay in hotels, etc. without a mask or vaccine passport. The no dogs allowed is a trial run. Don't believe me? Wait and see. I think ALL dogs should be allowed into hotels/motels even if they aren't service animals. I don't stay places where they aren't allowed. The Hilton Home2Suites is very animal friendly. We have to get used to not giving our business to places that won't accommodate us. Not worth giving them our money.
Hi Dr. I have a service dog ( Cash) I'm visually impaired and have additional disabilities and I've been questioned many times when I go places with Cash. As you said, many people who should be aware of laws protecting individuals and their service dog either aren't aware of the law or don't care about the law. I think they forget they can be sued. Be subject to fines etc.. I'm glad you made this video to address this issue. Take care.
I worked at an Inn that had these policies! He laughed at them! I hope he finally has to pay for his ignorance!
First no motel or hotel should be denying people to have there cat or dog in a room. Secondly they don't know what peoples situation is. It could be just like Dr Jones said, its a disabled persons guild dog. Or it could be that someone is moving and have to have a room during there trip to stay in over night or just someone needing to have a room to stay in because they are going to families or friends home for vacation. So it should not make a difference to these owners of motels or hotels. They should have to let our pets in to.
Japan is notorious for no disability laws. They usually hide disabled people in institutions.
Stupid "busines" owners. They accept children but not guide/service dogs! Do report these businesses and do not ever stay in their places.
I’ve met people who are having soo much discrimination because they have guide / service dogs. Even not letting them walk their dogs in a public park.
I know a guy that is allergic to dogs. I saw him walk into a business with a dog. The dog Didn't move when I entered he came unglued when the allergic guy came in. I wonder what's wrong with the guy. Dogs know.
Why has your dog got a Bandana on, Isn't she hot. Every service dog should be admitted, No if's or buts about it.
I agree that more people need to know that this is against the law to deny these people their service or guide dogs it is just totally wrong to deny them on all levels
Let me preface this by saying that I love animals. I have been a guide dog user for 30 years.
First, guide dogs are in a different category from emotional support animals. My dog is responsible for keeping me safe, and even keeping me alive sometimes. My current dog has kept me from getting hit by cars twice in the last few years. I mean literally stopped on a dime and backed me up to get me out of the way of a moving vehicle. Guide dogs are also professionally trained and certified working dogs.
That being said, most other service and emotional support animals are not professionally trained, and often not trained well at all. We finally passed laws in the US allowing businesses and airports to ask a person to leave if their dog is acting unruly or barking excessively. What a relief that is for me. I am not safe with my dog out in public when he is distracted by another dog trying to attack him. Aggressive dogs in public is sadly much more common now than it used to be. My second guy dog was attacked and almost killed by someone who brought their pet to the shopping mall.
Please don’t assume that, because you are a responsible dog owner, everyone else is too. I’m not saying pets shouldn’t be allowed to travel with us. I think that is a great thing. But there need to be specific boundaries and regulations as far as training. For example, an out of control dog can destroy a hotel room and cost the business a lot of money.
I did not write this to be disrespectful to anyone with dogs or pets. Like I said, I love animals very much! But there is a balance we have to maintain and a certain level of respect for others if we want to bring our pets into public places and onto other individuals’ private property.
I would just say “He’s my mobility dog, he helps me walk.” That pretty much answered the questions establishing the animal in question is a service dog, my service dog, and the service he provides, the three questions that can be asked. I did my research before putting my dog, a standard poodle, into service when I needed a walking anchor that weighed 60 pounds. He went into restaurants, stores, hotels and motels, etc. without any issues.
The reason I needed a service dog is because I had an issue that affected my gait as well as balancing. I struggled to walk more than 25 feet. Just a cane would not have prevented me from losing my balance and fall towards my right side. Being left handed it was natural to grab things with my left hand and when I started to fall I would grab him by the handle on his harness and lift him with his front feet in the air. He naturally knew how to keep our balance and move according to keep us from going down. We never went down on flat land but did a few times on the beach in the sand and once on a narrow trail. My boy basically rehabilitate me by forcing me to take him walking. Took three years. He still helps me some now going up steep trails by going ahead on his 20’ leash then planting himself so I can pull my self up using the leash for a rope. We walk at least a few miles daily. He’s getting old now and I’ll have to retire him soon but he was one heck of an athlete in his prime.
I’ve been a service dog handler in NYC since June 2017. During our three week team training in Pennsylvania, a motel tried to charge me a pet fee (they allowed dogs), until I showed a manager the ADA law in writing. Then on the very first AND second day I came home with him to NYC, I was denied access at a major hospital’s cancer clinic (my mother wanted me to accompany her) and at my longtime dentist’s office. I have since been denied access in taxis, restaurants, medical offices, hospitals, and so many other types of places.
I don’t know the laws up in BC, but there’s very few public places that a service dog cannot go in the US — basically burn units, inside surgical suites (the dog must be allowed to accompany the handler to the door of the suite and be brought to recover by the dog sitter before the patient returns post-op), places of worship may ask the handler not to bring the dog inside for religious reasons, and the dog cannot swim inside public pools with the handler — that’s about it in the US, in addition to private property like homes, clubs, etc. The ADA considers service dogs no different than wheelchairs, canes, and other assistive devices.
It’s dehumanizing and upsetting to be denied access, not to mention that it can cause huge issues in our day and even make us sick from all the trouble. When people work in public spaces, it’s not an excuse to be allergic (btw, dog allergies aren’t airborne and only occur if people touch the fur/dander), scared, etc. — many employers inform their employees of this (Uber is a great example — they have a zero tolerance policy and will terminate drivers who break the law), and those that don’t really should have a mandated class on this subject. I always make it a habit to try keeping my distance from people to be considerate, as do many other handlers. Kindly telling a handler of an allergy or fear will usually give us the chance to nicely consider those people too — if I know someone is afraid or allergic at an adjoining table in a restaurant, I’ll try to sit elsewhere or see if the other person is okay with moving should I not be able to sit anywhere else.
I can go on and on about the times I’ve been denied access. Nearly everyone I know with a service dog has experienced it. That says a lot.
Society needs to do better. Education is key — about laws, the tasks service dogs perform for handlers and why they’re necessary, etc.
I can't Believe they would not let you in with your guide dog,l would take my business elsewhere, I pray that there is some one out there that is an animal lover, and let you and your family stay and your fur baby, god bless there hearts 💖💖💖💖💖💖🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕
So sad 🥺
In March, we moved 2000 miles across the country and had to travel for four days with two cats and two dogs. I was very worried that we would not be able to find hotels where we could all stay together, but I planned all our stops in advance and was able to get permission ahead of time for all four animals to stay in the same room. Every hotel manager accepted the arrangement and none of them charged me extra. It couldn't have gone smoother. We used La Quinta and America's Best Value. I am very sorry for this paralympian that the hotel she used was not more accommodating for her and her dog. How stressful. It does seem, however, that the hospitality industry is generally starting to cater more to pet owners.
I agree I wish more places accepted dogs without extra charges.
Minnesota has tons of places to rent that allow multiple animals. My daughter rented a condo, apartment and a house. All allowed 2 animals. Her dog is 70 pounds. Her current house said up to 3 animals any size. Nice areas too. My sons condo allows cats. Very nice area. Only $300 additional for damage deposit. You live in the wrong state.
I thought it was a law you had to allow guide dogs in all hotels!!!
Yet kids are considered OK. What a strange world we live in.
Renting with pets is a huge problem we had to buy our dog because we couldn’t find any rescues who would adopt to us without a yard (basically only houses have their own fenced in yards here) and had dog breeds within our lease size. The rescues requirements are crazy like multiple interviews, home assessments, background checks is one thing but the landlords are worse. Up to 50% of pets are surrendered each year due to lease issues as in they aren’t allowed to have pets, can’t have certain breeds or weights. In our lease they can even make our dog take a DNA test to prove she won’t be over 30 pounds! How ridiculous!
We also went to the shelters and they also checked our lease online and refused us any dog over 25lbs. All small dogs get adopted immediately and we tried other avenues of rescue. We have way more resources than the average person so if it’s hard for us it’s impossible for others.
My dad’s wife is a millionaire and it took them 6 months of hoops to adopt their 2nd dog that was from a boxer rescue 💀 and people wonder why people just buy animals vs adopt. On top of that even the shelter wouldn’t allow you to adopt certain breeds unless you had owned them before with written proof and unfortunately a lot of dogs there had histories of aggression 😢 We adopted cats no problem like they will give you 2 free cats with every dog lol. The rescues also can cost as much as a breeder, average is $300-1000 for a dog (that doesn’t even mean it’s a healthy dog more or less a purebred).
We’d love to adopt a dog some day when we get a house but houses (because of landlords buying up affordable housing and cities not making much but boutique apartments) is hard to impossible for most ppl. My parents had a house with large pool and backyard in their early 20s on regular jobs! That’s a fairy tale for ppl my age.
Yes I agree 💯💯.but North Carolina unfortunately are one of the biggest bullies of all for not following the guidelines for emotional support animals.
Hotel owners know the law in 🇺🇸… it's regulated by HUD. I had it out with the owner of a travel trailer park in WA over my dog. As soon as I let her know I know the law she did an about face and changed her tune.
The most problems I've had were with everyday "Karen's " thinking they had the right to harassed me, asking for the doctors papers, etc. Needless to say, my dog sat on my feet. Situations like that I have 2 responses, have a break down or eliminate the threat.
I'm sorry to hear about this para olyimpian's dilemma.
Perhaps the owner should state on their website that pets not welcome due to allergies.
I have an extremely allergic family member with asthma, who would love to be near pets , but sadly cannot engage because of severe reactions to dander. I have sympathy for both sides here.
Great
I’m glad that the ADA LAWS FOR SERVICE ANIMALS help people with service animals.
And thank you so much for sharing this video and for posting your beautiful video with I’m learning so much.