Faking a Service Dog in Order to Fly with a Pet

Take a look at this video posted on Youtube: Airplane Dog.

Initially, the poster explained that she bought her boyfriend's dog a service dog vest (you can see the vest clearly says "Service Dog" on it) so that he could fly with her from LA to London in the cabin of the plane.  It's illegal and unethical to claim your dog is a service dog when it's not in order to do this.

When a number of people called her on it, posting in the comments that she was breaking the law and doing something wrong, she then changed her statement to say the dog was her emotional support animal.  She states that she has a disability and that she had a letter from her doctor saying the dog was an emotional support animal and that she needed the dog with her on the flight.  I have no idea if she really is disabled or not.  She probably did have a letter, although I'm guessing it said the dog was a service dog since that's what the dog's vest says, I don't know that for sure, either.

But the fact remains that the dog isn't even hers.  He belongs to her boyfriend.  She was delivering the dog to him in London.  If the dog is not hers, then the dog cannot be her emotional support dog.  She should not have had him on the plane.  She was breaking the law and behaving unethically.  And putting a vest that says "Service Dog" on him, if he was an emotional support animal, is misleading and unethical.

A number of people previously commented on her video, pointing out that what she was doing was wrong, but she has since deleted all those comments.  If you have a moment, though, you might want to go ahead and send her a message, letting her know you disapprove of her dishonest and illegal behavior.  You might also want to report the video to Youtube, suggesting they remove it since it's encouraging others to commit an illegal act by following her example.