A service dog owner has taken to social media to show the wholesome interactions she encounters in public when parents use dog Jake as an opportunity to educate their children.
Unsurprisingly, children are often eager to pet Jake when spotting him on duty with his service dog vest on, but surprisingly not all parents do the right thing and stop them.
Haylee has postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which means her heart beats faster than it should and sometimes leaves her with episodes of dizziness and even passing out, anywhere and everywhere.
Dog Jake is a cardiac and medical alert service dog and he is able to recognise a medical episode coming before Haylee even knows it. He's also able to perform tasks such as deep pressure therapy to bring her heart rate down.
Haylee has racked up millions of views after capturing various occasions when parents have stopped their little ones from petting the dog without permission, often using it as a chance to teach them about service animals.
On January 1, Haylee shared the moment a mom stopped her daughter from petting Jake in public while he was working. After the young girl attempted to approach the dog, her mother stepped in and apologized, before telling her exactly why she shouldn't.
"Okay, remember when they have the vest on, he's working, he's a working animal, and then second, you always ask to pet an animal," she warned.
"You don't know how he is, animals have teeth and teeth bite."
In less than a month, the video has gained over 403,000 likes but is still far from her most viewed interaction of the kind. In July 2021, a similar moment earned Haylee over three million likes with what she described as "parenting done right."
When Jake caught the eye of a young girl, she made it known she was eager to pet him. "Okay, well we don't wanna, well we can say hi to the puppy from here but that's it," said the mom.
"You not not pet the puppy, it's a service dog, we don't pet service doggys while they're working, okay?" she added, after the daughter persisted.
These types of interactions aren't always the case though, as explained by Haylee in a TikTok video. After a pleasant interaction with one mom and daughter, she said: "A lot of people just ignore it and they come up and try and pet him and everything."
The mom had just informed her daughter on why they shouldn't touch Jake, saying: "That's why we weren't gonna go bother him, he's doing his job."
Such wholesome and considerate interactions between moms and their kids when it comes to service dogs melted hearts online, with users rushing to comment their thoughts.
"This is an amazing interaction. I love how her mom handled it and I love how her mom educated her daughter," wrote one user.
"It was so pure and I love hearing parents educate their little ones on service dogs," wrote back Haylee.
One viewer noted: "I love that mom not only stopped the kiddo but also calmly educated them! That's amazing, what a great mom."
"I love how respectful she was to not only you and your dog, but also her daughter. Wonderful interaction," added another.
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