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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.
A service animal is an animal that has been trained to assist a disabled person. The animal needs to be individually trained to do tasks that directly relate to the handler's disability, which goes beyond the ordinary training that a pet receives [3] [4] and the non-individualized training that a therapy dog receives.
Emotional support animals are typically household domesticated animals, [a] but may also be members of other animal species. [b] [4] There is no requirement under US federal law that an emotional support animal wear any identifying tag, patch, harness, or other indication that it is an emotional support animal.
Dogs are the primary service animals. The only possible exception is a miniature horse which has been trained to perform specific tasks to assist a person with a disability, and is also ...
A medical response dog is an assistance dog trained to assist an individual who has a medical disability. Typically, they are dogs whose job does not handle primarily epilepsy or psychiatric -based conditions, though some seizure response dogs or psychiatric service dogs may also be referred to as medical response.
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Veteran Service Dogs does not appear in the state’s database of registered charities. In an email to WLNS, the Michigan Attorney General's office said the organization is not registered to ...
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