[Drew68]

The only legitimate service dog is a seeing eye dog for a legally blind person.

I agree.

I'm getting tired of all this "emotion support pet" nonsense. Buy him a teddy bear.

[Jamestown1630]

Have you ever seen someone fall down with an epileptic seizure? I’ve witnessed this on the street, and it’s horrible - the man was all alone, and a dog might have helped. See taxcontrol’s post 30.

I know a vet who lost a leg in Iraq. His service dog went a long way to helping him recover mentally and emotionally.

The dogs are also useful to profoundly deaf people. All of these people have emotional components to their physical difficulties as well, and a dog companion helps a lot with confidence.