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What Is a Service
Dog (Animal)?
Service animal means any dog
that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an
individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric,
intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild
or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of
this definition. The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be
directly related to the handler´s disability. |
What Is a Companion
Dog (Animal)?
A pet and the
#1 Reason to Adopt
from Shelters and Rescues
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What Is a Therapy
Dog (Animal)?
Therapy Animals are not legally defined by
federal law, but some states have laws defining therapy animals. They are
usually the personal pets of their handlers, and work with their handlers to
provide services to others. For example, they visit Hospitals, Assisted Living,
Children Reading to Dogs, Tail Waggin' Tutors, DSR Disaster Stress Relief, Home Visits, Hospice, Libraries, Nursing Homes, Schools.
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Benefits of Service
Dogs
Service Dogs are specially trained
to help perform a multitude of tasks for a large range of disabilities that increase mobility, and independence of their
human partners, improving the lives of both person and dog. |
Health Benefits of Companion Dogs
Pets can decrease your: Blood pressure, your Cholesterol levels, Triglyceride
levels, Feelings of loneliness. Pets can increase your exercise, outdoor activities, and socialization & THEY LOVE YOU ! |
Benefits of Therapy Dogs
"How do
you feel when you pet my dog?" asked the dog's
handler.
The man
smiled, "I feel good."
"That's
why we come." |
