Originally posted by kingrattus
I learned my lesson the hard way not to trust the owner of a service dog. I was quite young. maybe 8yrs tops. I didn't know much about service dogs, but I knew u had to ask to pet a strange dog. I was in the local mall & asked the lady if I could pet her dog, she said sure, & when I was about to touch him he lundged at me and just missed my skin. I wasn't the only small kid that dog tried to attack, he went after a toddler & after people who were just walking by. I sent a huge complaint to the mall, about the dog trying to attack people for no reason & the owner doing nothing at all except pet the horrible dog.

needless to say the dog was removed & banned from the mall for being too agressive towards everyone.

I'm not too sure how that dog passed its course. I have helped blind people find a door by guiding their hand & their dog did nothing to me.
I'll bet it wasn't a real service dog. There are people who will procure a service dog vest illegally and use that to take their pet dogs with them everywhere they go. There is a huge fine if you get caught. Not to mention it's just a terribly crappy thing to do.