Service dog question

[Roger S.]

I have a rent house I'm advertising right now.   As stated no big dogs,  no pit,  no pit mixes.   Guy send me a message asking" whatnot my pit is in training to be a service dog"

What should my response be?  My first instinct is,  if he's training,  he's not a service dog. 

[Kathy Johnson]

If that is all he said and he didn't ask a question, I wouldn't get into a discussion about it at this point.  He hasn't seen the rental.  He hasn't passed any pre-screening about income, previous evictions or number of intended occupants.  It is premature to argue about the 'service animal' at this point.  Do you have a pre-screening question list?  If you respond at all, ask him your pre-screening questions.  He may fail basic screening and you would be wasting time on the service dog issue.  If the dog isn't a service dog yet, then it isn't a service dog yet.