Letter: Fake service dog is no joke

EDITOR,
Your writer brags about breaking state law in faking her pet as a service dog (“In defense of carrying small dogs,” Page 13, Nov. 27 Press-Banner).
A service dog, according to the ADA and to California state law, is a dog that has been trained to mitigate a person’s life-limiting disability and to behave in public. The dog in the article is definitely not trained to behave in public, and no mention of disability mitigation is made. According to California state law, this can be punished with a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.
I urge you to remove this article bragging about breaking the law. It is extremely offensive to those of us with legitimate service dogs, and illegal. If you do not remove the article, I will report the writer of the article to the local police so she can face the illegal decision she has made.