Seattle woman shares what you need to know about service animals
After getting questioned about her disability, a Seattle woman is spreading the word about how you should interact with service animals in public.
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Lawmaker proposing legislation to crack down on service dog misuse
Americans with Disability Act, Civil Rights, Medical Assistance Animals, News, Public Access, Reasonable Accommodation, Service Dogs (SD), State/Local Disability Laws, Stop Disability Fraud
November 22, 2025
More than 385,000 dogs in the United States have been trained to provide assistance to someone with special needs, but some people want to take advantage of the policy by faking a service dog.
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Do Service Dogs Help Treat PTSD? V.A. Still Doesn’t Know
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November 22, 2025
While the V.A. covers the veterinary care and the equipment costs of service dogs for veterans with certain physical disabilities, like blindness or vision impairment, department leaders have long contended that there isn’t enough clinical evidence to prove their benefits for treating mental-health issues.
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Delta refused to let family’s service dog fly, sparking discrimination allegation
November 22, 2025
“In 2018, Delta tightened its policies on Emotional Support Animals by requiring a “confirmation of animal training” form, as well as other official documentation. The airline also banned pit bulls and animals under four months of age as service or support animals.”
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Devastated families still have questions after deaths of 3 service dogs in Fort Worth
November 22, 2025
The dogs’ trainer took the three to a veterinarian office, where she left the dogs in the car while she walked in to visit with coworkers. She left the car on with the air conditioning running and had a sensor that was supposed to go off if the car got too hot, the dog owners said.
However, the sensor was not working. The car died and the dogs were left in the nearly 100 degree heat, where they died. Fort Worth police are investigating the dogs’ deaths.
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‘He’s A Godsend’: Service Dog Helps Army Veteran With Civilian Life
November 22, 2025
“I’ve lost a total of 33 friends… a great deal of them in combat, but also quite a few of them to suicide,” Dosedel said. “If they would have had a service dog, they might still be here… saved my life.”
The relationship between man and dog really highlights the fact that well-being goes beyond the physical. It’s mental, it’s emotional, it’s all that put together. That’s what K9s for Warriors is all about.
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5 Things to Consider Before Judging Fake Service Dogs
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November 22, 2025
The more people learn about the invaluable work of service dogs, the more they develop good intentions for condemning the fakes.
By definition, a service dog is trained to perform tasks that relate to its handler’s disability, like alerting the handler to an upcoming seizure.
Listening to the common criticisms of fake service dogs, you’d think the problem is simple: Some dog owners are just inconsiderate.
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Can a Service Dog Help with Your Anxiety?
November 22, 2025
Service dogs differ from regular pets. To be legally recognized as a service animal, these dogs are trained to perform tasks that can help someone with a disability. Depending on the person’s needs, this can mean anything from bringing a person their medication during times of crisis to finding help during a medical emergency.
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Department of Transportation Will Let Airlines Ban Emotional Support Snakes And Rodents
Air Carrier Access Act, Air Carrier Access Act, Cases, Civil Rights, Education, Emotional Support Animals (ESA), End Disability Discrimination, Government, Medical Assistance Animals, Miniature Horse, News, Pets, Service Dogs (SD), Service Dogs in Training (SDiT), Stop Disability Fraud, Travel
November 22, 2025
DOT listened to all of the stakeholders, reviewed the law, and laid out guidelines that will allow airlines to balance their operational needs, the comfort needs of all passengers, while ensuring that restrictions put in place don’t preclude having mental health needs met.
While that may not mean the end of passengers getting bitten by poorly controlled and vicious animals, it allows some controls to be put in place that may reduce the frequency and severity of incidents.
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DOT disallows Delta ban on pit bulls as service animals
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November 22, 2025
The DOT said in a guidance document on how it plans to enforce regulations of service animals in aircraft cabins that it “views a limitation based exclusively on breed of the service animal to not be allowed under its service animal regulation.”
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