Can a Service Dog Help with Your Anxiety?
Emotional Support Animals (ESA), Medical Assistance Animals, Service Dogs (SD)
August 12, 2019

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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5 Things to Consider Before Judging Fake Service Dogs
5 Things, Education, Emotional Support Animals (ESA), End Disability Discrimination, Medical Assistance Animals, News, Opinion, Service Dogs (SD), Service Dogs in Training (SDiT), Stop Disability Fraud
August 11, 2019

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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