A friendship apparently falls apart because a man won’t allow his good friend’s service dog into his house.
People on Reddit are letting the man have it – though plenty of other people have sided with the man as well.
Sharing the drama on Reddit with thousands of others on social media, a man who described himself as 39 said his friend, 38, “recently got a service dog — a diabetic dog.
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The man wrote: “The point arises [when] he wants to bring it to my house when I host hangouts/parties.”
Added the Redditor, who did not share his location, “I’m not much of a dog person and I really don’t want it in my house. It’s a shedding breed and I don’t want to deal with dog hair in my house.”
“I’m not much of a dog person and I really don’t want it in my house,” one man wrote on Reddit about his friend’s service dog. (iStock)
The man continued, “Also, my kids regularly play in our yard and I don’t want them to come across dog poop and pee.”
The man continued: “I have spent the last 10 years in this house, turning it into a place [where] My friends, family and I could hang out. I have a pool, I built a bar in my basement — those kinds of upgrades.”
“My home is the preferred destination of all others.”
He said, “I offered to meet at a restaurant or someone else’s place and host less, but my home is the preferred destination among all others.”
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He said it has “amenities that others don’t have and no expensive food and bars at my place. I host a lot during football season and other big sporting events, with some general hangouts in between.”
But he drew the line at his friend’s dog — and it apparently isn’t budging.
“I told my friend his dog was not welcome,” a man in his 30s wrote on Reddit — sparking backlash from both sides of the vexed issue. (iStock)
“I told my friend that his dog was not welcome,” she wrote.
“I offered to pay for a tracking device [that] he can use while he’s at my house, but he didn’t take that offer well.”
The Redditor continued, “He let me know he wasn’t happy — and he recently missed our Super Bowl meeting.”
“You need to stop equating your friend’s service dog with pets. This is a medical aid device.”
He went on to ask the others if he was wrong about his attitude.
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His post received over 10,000 reactions and around 6,500 comments — though the Reddit community didn’t warmly embrace him.
Wrote one person — which alone received more than 35,000 “upvotes” from others — “You need to stop equating your friend’s service dog with pets. This is a medical aid device. Would you tell someone they couldn’t bring their wheelchair because you did Do you want wheels to track dirt on your floor?”
One commenter told the man trying to keep his friend’s dog out of his house, “This is your space to do whatever you want.” (iStock)
Someone else wrote, “I agree! This is a well-trained service animal, not a pet – [and it] will stay next to the owner. [It] he won’t be on the furniture and won’t try to eat/chew anything” because he is a working dog.
However, many others took the man’s side.
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One person wrote, “It’s your house. You can invite whoever you want.”
The same commenter also said, “He can ask and you can say no.” Obviously don’t be surprised if your friendship changes or goes away altogether.”
The commenter also said of the man’s home, “This is your space to do whatever you want.”
“Your home is your private property. Guest service dogs have no rights there.”
Another wrote: “I would never, ever force someone to allow my dog into their home. [The original poster] are hosted [the friend] the best [he] could, offering alternatives’.
“The hardest lessons about service dogs are that they also have downsides,” one person wrote amid heated debate on social media. (iStock)
This same person added, “The hardest lessons about service dogs is that they also have downsides. You have to let them out every now and then, they can be unpredictable and suddenly scared, others may not want them, etc. “
This commenter also added, “You are not required to let a dog in your home just because it is a service dog.”
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Another person wrote in the same vein, “Your home is your private property. Guest service dogs have no right there and are only allowed with your express permission.”
The person added, “It doesn’t matter your reasons – you have 100% right to say no just because your boyfriend should respect that too.”
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Added this person, “There are laws that protect service dogs with access rights, but they don’t apply to certain situations, and this is one of them.”
But another commenter didn’t mince words with this short remark: “Your boyfriend deserves better friends.”