99% of the people love and enjoy my lab here at work. He ain't a service animal, he's just a good pup that i hate leaving at home alone. He's cleaner than the home schoolers that destroy our meeting room/bathroom every wednesday and the janitor said she had no problem vacuuming every night as long as he was coming to the office. He's helped many people when they come in. Until my county director/state director or county commissioner tells me other, imma keep bringing him.
Good for you. A good dog brightens the day. The uptick in animals in public is likely because people need a ray of light in a darkening world. I've got no issue with it if the dog is well behaved. The problem will be that because there is zero common sense, we'll have the obnoxious pit bulls, pet gofers, etc. out soon.