Airports and airlines have a fake service dog problem

A group of trainers training service dogs to be at the Vancouver International airport. | Liang Sen/Xinhua via Getty Images

This past month I, like many Americans, flew back home for the holidays. On the first leg of that trip, from New York to Los Angeles, a dog in a “service dog” vest barked at me at the gate. The dog (not its given name), looked to be a stout French bulldog, paced back and forth, and yapped at a couple of other travelers. 

On the way back from LAX, I noticed more dogs in service vests ...