My mother has been living in AL for 1 year and is now having problems with pets at the facility. Does anyone have experience with this?

I have brought my mother to look at one Assisted Living facility. I was quite put off that the admissions director had a therapy dog in training in her office. She put the dog in another office, because my mother felt uncomfortable. So she had to undo the gate she had to keep the dog in her office. There were still dog toys on the floor that my mother could have tripped over.

When we came back to the AD's office after the tour, turns out the dog had thrown up in the other office. Yuck!

The therapy dog is around A LOT. They even have people making dog biscuits as an activity. My mother isn't a dog person. I assume the dog is on a leash. I hope so!

I think the admissions director has found a way to keep her personal dog with her at work by pulling this therapy dog nonsense. I believe that real therapy dogs come to a facility, are well-controlled by their owners and then leave after a certain amount of time. They don't stay there all day!

I think the owner of your mother's facility is lying about the poodle being a comfort dog. He's just too lazy or cheap to provide proper supervision for the dog at his residence!

The facility must have health inspections for its kitchen facilities. Call the health inspector and ask if loose dogs in the kitchen are a code violation. I bet it is!

For what it's worth, I think "comfort" and "emotional support" animals are a bunch of baloney. People abuse the (ridiculous) policy to allow emotional support animals in the cabin of airlines (so they don't have to pay!) and in no-pet housing situations. People can get the necessary documentation over the Internet. I am sick and tired of seeing non-service animals in all sorts of situations where they shouldn't be (grocery stores!). 

If people are so incapacitated by psychological conditions, then they can get a service dog. None of this "emotional support" or "comfort animal" nonsense.