WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A Warner Robins woman is disappointed after she says some store employees asked her to leave because her service dog didn't have a marked vest. But are service animals ...

This could have huge potential for service dogs who often need to communicate to get help. If the dog's owner is unconscious, the dog could more easily get help from a passerby using the vest.

A vest developed by a research team at Georgia Tech, external is aiming to give trained dogs the ability to "speak" to their owners. The FIDO project - which stands for Facilitating Interactions ...

a small dog sitting on a person's lap, acting somewhat aggressively toward passersby, while wearing a red vest ostensibly identifying it as a service animal. "A mother walked up with her young ...