Does the handicapped parking sign apply to dogs?

[undeterred]

There was a handicapped sign at a dog park I visited recently. Well, I'm not handicapped but my 14 year old dog has severe arthritis. I've never seen a handicapped person at a dog park, ever. So I parked, just once, in the handicapped spot, so my dog wouldn't have to walk so far to get into the park. He's way too big to be carried.

Am I terrible?

Should I have been ticketed?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. you are not terrible...but its not ethical...you can carry your dog

[undeterred]

3. No I can't. He's over 60 pounds.

I can lift him from point A to point B but I can't carry him more than a few steps- too heavy for me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. then he can be left at home...

i meant more specifically that a dog unlike a human does not have to go shopping etc...

h

[undeterred]

5. "only" dogs get lonely and need to see other dogs now and then

[LeftyMom]

2. You have to have a medical justification and your Dr has to fill out

the appropriate paperwork with the DMV.

It sweet of you to try to make life easier for your dog, but what you did is definitely illegal.