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CALIFORNIA DOESN’T CON<br />

SIDER EMOTIONAL ISSUES<br />

A DISABILITY. SO LYING TO<br />

YOUR SPOUSE ABOUT YOUR<br />

CHEATING, OR GETTING IN A<br />

HUFF WHEN SOMEONE IG<br />

NORES YOU IN A BAR, WON’T<br />

QUALIFY YOU.<br />

If you are diagnosed with clinical depression,<br />

bipolar disorder, organic<br />

brain syndrome, an emotional or men-<br />

ities,<br />

any of which limits a major life<br />

<br />

in its list of qualifying mental issues,<br />

-<br />

<br />

drug addiction.) But qualifying isn’t<br />

<br />

ability.<br />

Q:<br />

WOULD A DOG WHOSE<br />

LICKS MAKE YOU LAUGH<br />

QUALIFY IF YOU’RE<br />

DIAGNOSED AS CLINI<br />

CALLY DEPRESSED?<br />

A:<br />

WHO KNOWS?<br />

So how do you know if that dog chasing<br />

the ball down the aisle at Whole<br />

Foods (and that really happened folks)<br />

lem.<br />

(By the way, under state law,<br />

<br />

or harnessed in public — hint, hint<br />

to the woman throwing the ball at<br />

mals<br />

are encouraged to register them<br />

and put tags on their collars that show<br />

<br />

isn’t required.<br />

A business owner or manager can ask<br />

if a dog (or miniature horse) is a ser-<br />

<br />

of a disability. The business owner<br />

also can ask what the dog is trained<br />

to do. But that’s all. If the business<br />

owner kicks out the person with the<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

ADA. The risks are lower for those<br />

<br />

meet the requirements. In California,<br />

<br />

animal could get you up to six months<br />

<br />

$1,000.<br />

But the risk of going to court is one<br />

most business owners don’t want to<br />

take. That explains where the Starbucks<br />

on the corner of Santa Mon-<br />

<br />

look like that window in the front of<br />

Healthy Spot, the dog store on Santa<br />

<br />

in Starbucks must be on a leash).<br />

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