PSA: If a Service Dog Approaches You Without Their Owner, They Need Your Help

If an unaccompanied dog in a “Service Dog” vest approaches you, pay attention. After a personal experience didn’t go according to plan, Melissa Hope (@lissalet) shared a PSA on Twitter that’s enlightening a lot of us.

If you didn’t already know this, you’re not alone:

If a service dog approaches you, follow him. I didn’t know… https://t.co/oEwDpi1XPY

— JS (@js4k13) June 19, 2018

my classmate’s service dog came up to me alone outside and i said “where’s your mom?” he ran off and i ran with him. his mom was having a seizure on the sidewalk and i was there to put my sweater under her head to protect her.

always follow a service dog https://t.co/oruNJDW2YK

— gretchen (@solelymoving) June 18, 2018

I honestly didn’t know that I was supposed to follow a service dog in a vest if it approached me by itself.

I do now.

So do you.

The world is a slightly better place. Well done us. https://t.co/uzVCs4zQNe

— Jim Campbell (@JustJimWillDo) June 18, 2018

This could save a life – if a service dog approaches you without their owner, please assume that their owner is in danger and that the dog is looking for somebody to help them out ???????? https://t.co/rrjr7p9u6u

— Pet Connection ???? (@Pet_Connection) June 18, 2018

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