There’s nothing wrong with people taking their dogs to work if it’s allowed, given they are trained. The “emotional support” dog of an assistant director at a daycare in Nashville, Tennessee, was not, according to one of the daycare’s parents, as it allegedly bit her 5-year-old daughter. Fortunately, the bite did not break the girl’s skin, but it did leave a mark.
Going by the username MotherofPirates, the mother posted the situation to r/legaladvice, explaining how the assistant director had brought her ESA dog to work, placing it behind a baby gate in her office. Children are apparently able to reach through and over the gate to pet the dog. This is allegedly what the daughter did that caused the dog to bite her.
However, despite MotherofPirates’ evidence of the dog bite on her daughter’s arm, the daycare staff claimed their security cameras didn’t see such an incident occur. The mother wasn’t having it and says she escalated the dog bite to the local police department. She’s sure that the staff is lying.
As to whether the mother should sue, one Redditor provided a suggestion: “If it’s an emotional support animal, it does not have access rights, unlike service animals. You have nothing to sue for, but i would absolutely bring this point up to the daycare.” Another person chimed in, urging OP to remove her daughter from the daycare. “I wouldn’t trust her with my kid.”
“Their insurance would have a field day with this,” pointed out a third. “Local animal control and their licensing board would probably like a word,” added a fourth. Other people chimed in with the argument that some dog owners are too entitled with their “emotional support” dogs and take them into places they don’t belong.
The Mother Eventually Found the Security Camera Footage
As to whether the mother ever found security footage as proof of the assistant director’s dog biting her daughter, she shared, “She told me the security cameras didn’t see the incident but I found out from the area manager that they have security footage of the incident!”
