What would you do if you saw someone abusing the right to service dogs?

Real service dogs don't wear vests or other ID except for seeing eye dogs which wear special harnesses.

I saw a woman in a store with a yappy, snappy little dog in her shopping cart. I don't think a real service dog would act like that. I went over and politely told her that dogs weren't allowed in the store or any place that sells food. The owner snapped back at me that it was her service dog. I still don't think so but I didn't work there so I let it go.

I was told that you can tell real from fake service dogs by asking the owner to explain exactly what the dog does for him or her, and where it was trained and what it has been trained to do. Then, if you know something about service dogs, you can spot the liars.

I think most stores are letting in fake service dogs (yes, I've seen them in strollers, too) because they are afraid of telling someone to remove a REAL service dog from the store by accident. And it could be bad for business.

I saw a young man with a pet snake in a store once. It stayed around his neck, didn't bother anyone, didn't bark or bite or poop on the floor. The store manager came rushing over and told him he would have to leave, NOW, and that store didn't sell food. I suppose now he could claim it was his emotional support snake or something.

It's a crazy world. Maybe we all need sanity support dogs?

You said: A service dog as in a licensed dog that is wearing a vest or another type of id is what I mean

--- sorry but you are wrong on this, way to easy to get fake gear & fake ID's

Federal law says they do not need any form of ID -- Federal law says that the person with a disability should have (1) written prescription or letter from doctor for a SD (2) some means to prove that SD was trained to mitigate disabilities --- however, federal law also says that no one can ask for those in order for SD to get access rights granted --- those are for certain circumstances (for example when HUD laws comes into play for a tenant who moves to new place or wants to give landlord notice they will get an SD)

I have used a properly trained Service Dog for over a decade -- yes, I run into people who I suspect are using excuse of SD to get their dogs into places & usually if I ask questions I can tell you that their dog does not meet training criteria... around here there is no one that will take a report on a "suspected false service dog"

but stores can not ask the questions that I do or they risk lawsuits

Where I live service dogs do not need to wear a vest or wear any sort of ID but I always carry my pups papers in my purse. I am unsure as to what the problem is with a service dog being on leash and how that is supposed to equal "fake service dog"? My girl is a small dog, 7lbs and I do carry her in a front pack carrier some days but she can work from there and she is always leashed.

I wouldn't do anything honestly because when I go out I just want to do what I went out to do and go home.

It is actually possible to go online and register any dog as a service dog. I tried it and it actually works. Of course I don't use it.

I saw a young woman on the beach with a tiny, tiny dog and it had a service jacket on. The woman was around 340 lbs or so; and her dog was listed as a "companion dog" -- she took it everywhere.

I would first want to be sure the "service dog" in question is indeed a service dog, because sadly some people do lie and say their dog is a service dog when in fact it is not. Most service dogs wear a vest or have a special ID that they or the owner have on them.

I would ask why and what made the person do this, tell it could send it to a huge consequence and if unheard, i could call directly the cops or police.

I would report them. Simple.