He should be allowed to keep his dog. What does the dog’s size matter? As long as he’s obedient and doesn’t jump on or bark at neighbors, he shouldn’t be banned. Some people are a little too eager to run other people’s lives.
Homeowner and condo associations = little Hitlers
Couldn’t he just get some therapy for the dog?
condominium associations are typically run by wanna be nazis....
I can tell how many times when I visited my grandfather in palm beach Florida I had to endure their idiotic BS like parking my truck in the parking lot, them complaining about his grand kids swimming in the community pool, walking on the sidewalk, etc.
Infringing on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Disgusting freakin’ animals. The HOA, not the dog. This so utterly cruel and ridiculous.
6 pounds. Give him some Exlax and he might pass
I wonder if this man can enlist the help of a national veterans assistance organizations to take this to the Federal courts.
Maybe the association won’t last until January 11. One reason I would never live in a deed restricted neighborhood.
Put the dog on a diet to lose 6 pounds and he is legal!
The Americans with disabilities act should apply here. He could also start attending college courses and seek support through the IDEA act. As a last resort perhaps Trump properties could purchase the property in toto and all the snowflakes would move, to be replaced by MAGA supporters. Better neighbors, more freedom, better parties! Prayers up for a vet that gave his best so we could live free and give our best. Sounds like these neighbors need prayers also.
Then that is not a service dog, that is a pet. I’d love to have a cat but can’t under my lease (well I could but would be required to pay an extra $300 pet deposit, an extra $35 a month in rent and also have someone from the leasing office “interview” my cat for things like friendliness and IIRC there is also a spay/neuter and declawing requirement.) Should I be able to thumb my nose at that by claiming my cat is an "emotional support" animal.
And so let’s say I did all that, and let’s say that if I did have a cat, I would also like to take my cat to work with me to keep my mind off my a-hole boss and co-workers and all of life's stresses and difficulties. Should I be able to do that?
said the widower, who retired last year from working as a theme-park bus driver.
So was his dog allowed to go to work with him as he drove the bus? Probably not. And also if he was able to work as a bus driver, just how disabled is he?
that his psychologist deemed as an emotional support dog.
And the psychologist is qualified to determine this dog is “an emotional support dog” how?
Sure, I get the old man, a widower and a veteran is lonely and that the dog brings him companionship and comfort and the dog isn’t all that above the weight restriction, but then again, who’s to say that if I lived there, couldn’t I then claim my 150 pound and perhaps aggressive Cane Corso is my emotional support animal. What about my emotional support rooster, my emotional support pig, python, lynx, wolf, chimpanzee?
The emotional support animal is mostly always a scam, a way for someone how wants to take their pet with them everywhere and break all sorts of rules by claiming it as some sort of “support animal”.
Do not ever, never ever, get involved with a homeowners association. Half the people who buy into these shams regret the decision.
Many Florida Condominium Associations have made it increasingly more difficult for individuals with assistance animals like Service Dogs and Emotional Support Animals. Contrary to both State and Federal Laws, some Associations have refused to allow Emotional Support Animals, like Bane, and will only allow individuals with Service Dogs.
The main differences between Service Dogs and Emotional Support Animals are that Service Dogs require specialized training to assist their owner with a disability related task while Emotional Support Animals do not need specialized training. He may be a loving animal. But that doesn’t over rule the size consideration speculated in the contract.
According to HUD, Emotional Support Animals, by their very nature may relieve depression and anxiety, and help reduce stress-induced pain in persons with certain medical conditions affected by stress. Unfortunately, most individuals are unaware of the fact that while Emotional Support Animals are recognized by the Fair Housing Act (“FHAA”) they are not covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). That means that you cannot bring Emotional Support Animals to public places like stores, restaurants and shopping malls.
In light of the recent changes to Florida Law and the ever increasing problem with people misrepresenting their need for these assistance animals, Florida Condo Associations and HOA’s have been cracking down and have made it much more difficult for people to obtain an accommodation to the Association’s Pet Restrictions or Pet Rules. However, the size rule does apply to everyone. And since Bane is not a recognized as a disability service dog but an emotional support animal, he won’t qualify as an animal that can stay in the court.
Mr. Brady should have been more careful when he signed the contract. It is unfortunate, but it is the law.
rwood
A famous Bizarro cartoon: man and wife get a shrub tossed through their broken window with the note, Maybe next time you’ll think twice before planting a shrub not approved by the Association.
Wow, way to be a horrible Grinch condo association. This is a VET. The lack of compassion is mind blowing.
Not a fan of ‘emotional support animals’. Limit things to real service dogs.
Condo commandos are power hungry under achievers. Their position has the only influence and sense of accomplishment that they have in their pathetic lives. They like to make orthers as miserable as they are personally. Otherwise, they are very unhappy, unfulfilled people.
Sad and outrageous.