No, that’s not a service animal

Published March 13, 2020 3:00am ET



Dealing with phony service dogs is no walk in the park.

Because restaurants and other businesses are required by law to admit service animals, they could end up hosting an unruly pooch simply because it’s wearing an $11.99 service dog harness available on Amazon. And people who actually need service dogs, hampered by neighboring untrained dogs or grumpy business owners and feeling that laws about service dogs have been abused, might have more difficulty getting around.

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