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Without saying exactly what I do, I will tell you that I actually have a LOT of experience with people with serious mental illness. Even with that experience, however, I believe that taking a companion pet with you is neither necessary nor appropriate in most situations. If a mentally ill person reacts well to having a companion pet, that's fantastic, but the companion belongs at home. If the mentally ill person is not stable enough to go to Home Depot without their companion pet, maybe they shouldn't be using power tools. (It's an example only).
All I am really trying to say is that people abuse the fact the some people have LEGITIMATE needs and have PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED dogs for those needs. This dog was obviously not trained to do it's job and did not belong in public places. If Ms. Williford had a professionally trained dog that was well behaved, this would have been a non-issue and none of us would have ever read this story.
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-Signed, a dog owner and animal lover
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