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  2. Today the ADA estimates that about 500,000 service dogs are employed in the United States. When you factor that 61 million people here also have some type of disability , that means less than one ...

  3. 32 things to know about service dogs - AOL

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    Service dogs help people with disabilities carry out everyday tasks – as well as often saving their lives. Here are things to know about service dogs. 32 things to know about service dogs

  4. Animal-assisted therapy - Wikipedia

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    Animal-assisted therapy is an alternative or complementary type of therapy that includes the use of animals in a treatment. [4] [5] It falls under the realm of animal-assisted intervention, which encompasses any intervention in the studio that includes an animal in a therapeutic context such as emotional support animals, service animals trained to assist with daily activities, and animal ...

  5. Assistance dog - Wikipedia

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    An assistance dog pressing a button to open an automatic door Hearing-assistance dog being patted on its head. An assistance dog is a dog that receives specialized training to aid an individual with a disability in navigating everyday life. Assistance dogs can be trained by an organization, or by their handler.

  6. Service animal - Wikipedia

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    Service dogs are the most common type of service animal. Dogs can support a litany of both physical and mental disabilities. A mobility assistance dog helps with movement; this may be a large dog that can provide physical support or to help propel a wheelchair, or a dog that has been trained to do specific small tasks, such as pushing a door open.

  7. Pregnant Dog Unable to Walk Delivers 11 Adorable Puppies - AOL

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    While mama dogs like Meter Maid do a lot of the work raising their pups, it still costs us about $1,000 to feed, vaccinate, and house a family of dogs for several weeks–and most families don’t ...

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  9. Canine Companions for Independence - Wikipedia

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    Canine Companions trains different types of working dogs: service dogs (e.g., mobility assistance dogs, service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder), skilled companions trained to work with an adult or child with a disability under the guidance of a facilitator, hearing dogs for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, and dogs for "facility teams."