It’s become a sneaky way to bring house pets into stores, restaurants, airplanes, and other places where four-legged creatures are usually banned: buy a service animal vest and — voila! — take Fido with you as you’re shopping, eating out, or catching a flight.

Pretending your dog is a service animal is a harmless ruse, right?

Wrong, disability advocates say. And in Massachusetts it could soon be against the law.

To crack down on the growing problem of fake service dogs, state legislators are considering a bill that would make it a civil offense to misrepresent a pet as a service animal.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/03/15/pretending-your-pet-service-animal-that-could-soon-illegal/Rs36mDVZ8mbSiPLVl89qLI/story.html