OCEANTIME, Ocean City MD Re Service Animals, cleaning fee

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Understand your comment. My wife as well had to have her doctor sign off for her handicap placard, however, when she parks in that spot and gets out of her car with it in the window, she is not required to answer to anyone as to why she needs one and what her disability is. Remember, not all disabilities are visible.

People with service animals do not want to have to explain to Joe Public about their disability or demonstrate their dog knows it's task work and to require that is not fair to the disabled person. It really is no ones business why they require a service animal. What is needed is to educate people how they are damaging those that need a service animal for their problem and Fluffy riding around in a shopping cart at the store because mommy or daddy just didnt want to leave them at home.

My wife had a service animal until our service dog passed away unexpectedly. We are now training a new dog. I will say it costs a lot more to do it the right way than the $99 Service Dog special. Our last girl was almost 2 years in training and well over $10,000 in training costs.

Really sorry to hear about the passing of your dog, I know how hard that can be. I agree with everything you say, we don’t feel it’s necessary to explain why we have a handicap placard or why my wife is in a wheelchair. But we have no problem whatsoever displaying the placard to access the “perk” of close parking. It seems, though, that anyone can claim that their dog is a service animal and get a benefit denied to others. This benefit should only be for those who need it. Best of luck with your new dog.