Cousin wants to cut ties with relative on death bed
Dear Once Bitten: If the animal that bit your pants was a genuine service animal, then what was it doing being roped to a tree? Shouldn't that little pup have been hard at work, servicing or comforting a human in need?
It would have been legitimate for you to ask the dog's human: "Excuse me, but aside from biting customers, what service is this dog performing?" A word to the manager might have also been in order.
Many states are currently pushing legislation to try to curb the onslaught of faux service or "comfort" animals. Surely their presence undermines the important work legitimate service animals perform.
Dear Amy: I was upset by this phrase in your column: "The only perfect parents are people like you, who don't have children."
People who don't have children have the right to weigh in when they see appalling behavior!
-- Upset
Dear Upset: Yes, anyone has the right to weigh in. But unless you've been in the parenting trenches, you should withhold overly harsh judgment of people who are.
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