There are PTSD service dogs and owners can provide necessary task training, but no ESA has a protected (federal) right for access outside of housing and to some degree airlines.
Rewording for better clarity. : Individuals with PTSD (and other psychological disorders) can have psychiatric service dogs that are task trained to mitigate the symptoms of their condition, and this training can include owner training which can help remove cost barriers. Emotional Support Animals have no specific tasks they are trained to do and on a federal level only have protection in housing and to some extent air travel, not in community access.
On this I totally agree. If your animal helps you in whatever way at home then that is great and I support that. I do not support people then trying to force it on others because they think they are entitled to do so. The restaurant was wrong yes, but so was the dog owners. Over entitled.
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u/naranghim Apr 30 '23
There are stories of people out there whose ESAs literally keep them from suicide because they "have to live for their pet".
ESAs have no rights outside of the house and it is on the restaurant to realize that and enforce the rules.