dog

[badgolferman]

Last night someone brought their dog to the meeting again. This time the
dog had a “Support Animal” vest on. As he was walking in, I asked out loud
if the church allowed dogs in their building. One of the home group members
said they allow service animals. I then said that’s not what the vest says.
The owner of the dog then asked me if I had a problem with his dog, to
which I answered again by questioning whether the church allowed dogs. The
guy ignored me and sat down with his dog. He had also brought a dog bed for
his pet.

It seems I hit a nerve with other members of the group because one of them
looked up the difference between service animals and support dogs. He
started talking to the other home group members and objecting to the dog’s
presence. By then I had dropped it and was talking to someone else about
the new location of their meeting. Next thing I know the guy with the dog
is gone and the meeting had started.

After the meeting I asked the objecting group member if someone confronted
the dog owner or if he heard the chatter. He told me both happened. He told
me people buy these “support animal” vests on Amazon to flaunt and get
around the rules. He was so pissed that this guy had tried that and was
glad I said something out loud so he knew others supported him.

[Socrates]

Post by badgolferman
Last night someone brought their dog to the meeting again. This time the
dog had a “Support Animal” vest on. As he was walking in, I asked out loud
if the church allowed dogs in their building. One of the home group members
said they allow service animals. I then said that’s not what the vest says.
The owner of the dog then asked me if I had a problem with his dog, to
which I answered again by questioning whether the church allowed dogs. The
guy ignored me and sat down with his dog. He had also brought a dog bed for
his pet.
It seems I hit a nerve with other members of the group because one of them
looked up the difference between service animals and support dogs. He
started talking to the other home group members and objecting to the dog’s
presence. By then I had dropped it and was talking to someone else about
the new location of their meeting. Next thing I know the guy with the dog
is gone and the meeting had started.
After the meeting I asked the objecting group member if someone confronted
the dog owner or if he heard the chatter. He told me both happened. He told
me people buy these “support animal” vests on Amazon to flaunt and get
around the rules. He was so pissed that this guy had tried that and was
glad I said something out loud so he knew others supported him.

Having had a spiritual awakening YOU gladly accepted the job of
controlling what sort of guests would be allowed at the meetings.

If you’re an alcoholic working on getting sober, then attending AA
meetings may be a part of your daily life. And it’s understandable that
you’d want to take your dog with you to your AA meetings.

But can you take a dog to AA meetings? Yes, sometimes you can bring dogs
into AA meetings and service dogs are ALWAYS allowed.

https://ncraoa.com/aa-meetings-dog-policy/

[badgolferman]

Post by Socrates

Post by badgolferman
Last night someone brought their dog to the meeting again. This time the
dog had a “Support Animal” vest on. As he was walking in, I asked out loud
if the church allowed dogs in their building. One of the home group members
said they allow service animals. I then said that’s not what the vest says.
The owner of the dog then asked me if I had a problem with his dog, to
which I answered again by questioning whether the church allowed dogs. The
guy ignored me and sat down with his dog. He had also brought a dog bed for
his pet.
It seems I hit a nerve with other members of the group because one of them
looked up the difference between service animals and support dogs. He
started talking to the other home group members and objecting to the dog’s
presence. By then I had dropped it and was talking to someone else about
the new location of their meeting. Next thing I know the guy with the dog
is gone and the meeting had started.
After the meeting I asked the objecting group member if someone confronted
the dog owner or if he heard the chatter. He told me both happened. He told
me people buy these “support animal” vests on Amazon to flaunt and get
around the rules. He was so pissed that this guy had tried that and was
glad I said something out loud so he knew others supported him.

Having had a spiritual awakening YOU gladly accepted the job of
controlling what sort of guests would be allowed at the meetings.
If you’re an alcoholic working on getting sober, then attending AA
meetings may be a part of your daily life. And it’s understandable that
you’d want to take your dog with you to your AA meetings.
But can you take a dog to AA meetings? Yes, sometimes you can bring dogs
into AA meetings and service dogs are ALWAYS allowed.
https://ncraoa.com/aa-meetings-dog-policy/

The main rule that matters is the church’s rule. Service dogs are one
thing, but emotional support dogs are another. Most businesses have done
away with allowing support dogs since the end of Covid. Also dogs are a
distraction in meetings when they go around to people in order to be
petted.

I didn’t know this yesterday, but I was told today one of the meetings lost
its space because of this guy bringing his dog to the meeting. The guy I
was talking to about the location of their new meeting was affected and
confirmed what I was told.

[Sharx335]

Post by Socrates

Post by badgolferman
Last night someone brought their dog to the meeting again. This time the
dog had a “Support Animal” vest on. As he was walking in, I asked out loud
if the church allowed dogs in their building. One of the home group members
said they allow service animals. I then said that’s not what the vest says.
The owner of the dog then asked me if I had a problem with his dog, to
which I answered again by questioning whether the church allowed dogs. The
guy ignored me and sat down with his dog. He had also brought a dog bed for
his pet.
It seems I hit a nerve with other members of the group because one of them
looked up the difference between service animals and support dogs. He
started talking to the other home group members and objecting to the dog’s
presence. By then I had dropped it and was talking to someone else about
the new location of their meeting. Next thing I know the guy with the dog
is gone and the meeting had started.
After the meeting I asked the objecting group member if someone confronted
the dog owner or if he heard the chatter. He told me both happened. He told
me people buy these “support animal” vests on Amazon to flaunt and get
around the rules. He was so pissed that this guy had tried that and was
glad I said something out loud so he knew others supported him.

Having had a spiritual awakening YOU gladly accepted the job of
controlling what sort of guests would be allowed at the meetings.
If you’re an alcoholic working on getting sober, then attending AA
meetings may be a part of your daily life. And it’s understandable that
you’d want to take your dog with you to your AA meetings.
But can you take a dog to AA meetings? Yes, sometimes you can bring dogs
into AA meetings and service dogs are ALWAYS allowed.
https://ncraoa.com/aa-meetings-dog-policy/

If you were aware of AA's FIRST TRADITION, you wouldn't be harassing
badgolferman on this issue. If that group lost its meeting space
because of their landlord's reasonable rule re dogs, their COMMON
WELFARE would be at stake--in this case THAT trumps the non-right of
someone bringing in a NON-service animal into the meeting.

[Socrates]

Post by Sharx335

Post by Socrates
Having had a spiritual awakening YOU gladly accepted the job of
controlling what sort of guests would be allowed at the meetings.
If you’re an alcoholic working on getting sober, then attending AA
meetings may be a part of your daily life. And it’s understandable
that you’d want to take your dog with you to your AA meetings.
But can you take a dog to AA meetings? Yes, sometimes you can bring
dogs into AA meetings and service dogs are ALWAYS allowed.
https://ncraoa.com/aa-meetings-dog-policy/

If you were aware of AA's FIRST TRADITION, you wouldn't be harassing
badgolferman on this issue.  If that group lost its meeting space
because of their landlord's reasonable rule re dogs, their COMMON
WELFARE would be at stake--in this case THAT trumps the non-right of
someone bringing in a NON-service animal into the meeting.

LOL, harassing?