Service Dog Information

What is a Service Dog?
 A Service Dog is a dog who is trained to mitigate their handler's disability. Service Dogs provide service to one individual person.

The Americans with Disabilities Act defines "service animal" as "any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items."

Guide dogs, hearing dogs, mobility support,, and psychiatric service dogs all qualify as Service Dogs under Federal Law so long as they are trained to perform tasks.

What are Tasks? 
Tasks are what a Service Dog is trained to do to help their handler. Guide work, seizure alert, and medical response are all examples of tasks.

 Some of my tasks will include medication reminders, providing balance and mobility assistance,  providing tactile stimulation, and providing deep pressure therapy.


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