I've had enough practice with this by having a service dog. You constantly run into employees, cops, park rangers, etc. who want to ask you for your paperwork and license (there's no legally required paperwork or license) and think they're entitled to know all about your medical condition and intricate details about your dog they have zero legal right to ask about. Swatting away mask nazis is what I've been preparing for without realizing it, they're easy mode at this point.
It's legal to ask "Is this a service dog, and what task is the dog trained for related to your medical condition?"
But they're not entitled to details.
"Yes, he's a service dog. My dog is trained to alert me in the event that I am experiencing a medical emergency"
Done. But people want to ask "Well what condition do you have? How does he alert you? Who trained it? How was it trained" and a bunch of other shit they aren't entitled to.
I've had enough practice with this by having a service dog. You constantly run into employees, cops, park rangers, etc. who want to ask you for your paperwork and license (there's no legally required paperwork or license) and think they're entitled to know all about your medical condition and intricate details about your dog they have zero legal right to ask about. Swatting away mask nazis is what I've been preparing for without realizing it, they're easy mode at this point.
It's legal to ask what services the dog is trained to provide.
It's legal to ask "Is this a service dog, and what task is the dog trained for related to your medical condition?"
But they're not entitled to details.
"Yes, he's a service dog. My dog is trained to alert me in the event that I am experiencing a medical emergency"
Done. But people want to ask "Well what condition do you have? How does he alert you? Who trained it? How was it trained" and a bunch of other shit they aren't entitled to.