Originally Posted by exbayern

While I am an animal lover, claustrophobic German with a 'no touch' rule + large dog in personal space = not a fun time to be had

Plus service animals are not to be petted etc while on duty, and generally I do not approach them unless invited by their partner. In this case, I was not invited to interact with the animal at all, so we had a mutual avoidance session (the dog and I) for four hours.