I'm guilty. I took my chocolate lab Buck to the camp one weekend. We stopped in Pine Hill for lunch on the way home. It was HOT outside and I didn't want to leave him in a running truck for 1/2 an hour in Pine Hill (had a trailer hooked up so couldn't park in the door where I could watch the truck.). Asked the waitress if we could bring him in and he'd lay down beneath the table in the back. Offered to sweep up if he shed any. She was fine with it. He laid down and didn't make a peep. Gave him my cornbread muffin after. My son was scandalized. Told me I was turning into my mother (who also had a pair of service dogs, although the first one of those was certified).

It's their right to have an emotional support dog if they choose, but IMHO their right to bring it in places should be restricted to where they are welcomed/allowed.

Yes, it's out of hand. badly. Yes I recognize the irony in MY saying that in light of the above related story.