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Learn How to Qualify for a Service Dogin 3 Easy Steps

There are many disabilities that may qualify you to have a service dog. The most familiar examples are a blind person's need for a seeing-eye dog or a hearing-impaired person's need for an alert dog.

STEP 1
Disability Check

There are many disabilities that may qualify you to have a service dog. See a comprehensive list of disabilities that might qualify you as disabled.

STEP 2
Dog Training Check

Service dogs must be specifically trained to assist a person, based on the specific disability and the needs that result from it. Psychological disability that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

STEP 3
Register Your Dog

The ADA does not require service dogs to be certified or registered. Although this may help minimize confrontation, there is no government sanction registration agency.

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Benefits of Registering Your Pet
as a Service Dog

Don't miss out on the legal benefits of registering your pet as a service dog:

Take your dog with you everywhere:
Stores, Zoos, Restaurants, Libraries, Hotels, Motels, Malls, Public transportation, Bowling alleys, Gyms, Movie Theatres, etc.

Qualify for no-pet housing and not be charged any kind of fee.

Fly with your dog in the cabin of an aircraft without being charged a fee.

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Service Dogs and Disabilities

Because there are many kinds of disabilities, service dogs must be specifically trained to assist a person, based on the specific disability and the needs that result from it.

Here are a few examples of tasks service dogs may be trained to perform for their disabled handler:

NOTE

The crime deterrent effects of an animal's presence and/or the emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship DO NOT constitute work or tasks.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions pet owners have about Service Animals

Your pet will qualify. Nearly all domesticated pets qualify, including dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, snakes, miniature pigs, birds, etc. And because it is the very presence of the pet that helps you, the animal doesn't require any training. That means an ESA can be a new puppy, kitten, or other species that may otherwise seem untrainable (like a snake).

Your pet will qualify. Nearly all domesticated pets qualify, including dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, snakes, miniature pigs, birds, etc. And because it is the very presence of the pet that helps you, the animal doesn't require any training. That means an ESA can be a new puppy, kitten, or other species that may otherwise seem untrainable (like a snake).

There are many disabilities that may qualify you to have a service dog. The most familiar examples are a blind person's need for a seeing-eye dog or a hearing-impaired person's need for an alert dog. There are MANY other common examples, including a person with balance issues (occasional dizziness, etc.) and his/her need for a dog to stabilize its handler, or a person with PTSD who benefits from a psychiatric service dog to provide medication reminders and lay across its handler to provide deep pressure therapy during panic attacks. See a comprehensive list of disabilities that might qualify you as disabled.

Your pet will qualify. Nearly all domesticated pets qualify, including dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, snakes, miniature pigs, birds, etc. And because it is the very presence of the pet that helps you, the animal doesn't require any training. That means an ESA can be a new puppy, kitten, or other species that may otherwise seem untrainable (like a snake).

Your pet will qualify. Nearly all domesticated pets qualify, including dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, snakes, miniature pigs, birds, etc. And because it is the very presence of the pet that helps you, the animal doesn't require any training. That means an ESA can be a new puppy, kitten, or other species that may otherwise seem untrainable (like a snake).

Your pet will qualify. Nearly all domesticated pets qualify, including dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, snakes, miniature pigs, birds, etc. And because it is the very presence of the pet that helps you, the animal doesn't require any training. That means an ESA can be a new puppy, kitten, or other species that may otherwise seem untrainable (like a snake).

Your pet will qualify. Nearly all domesticated pets qualify, including dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, snakes, miniature pigs, birds, etc. And because it is the very presence of the pet that helps you, the animal doesn't require any training. That means an ESA can be a new puppy, kitten, or other species that may otherwise seem untrainable (like a snake).

Your pet will qualify. Nearly all domesticated pets qualify, including dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, snakes, miniature pigs, birds, etc. And because it is the very presence of the pet that helps you, the animal doesn't require any training. That means an ESA can be a new puppy, kitten, or other species that may otherwise seem untrainable (like a snake).

Your pet will qualify. Nearly all domesticated pets qualify, including dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, snakes, miniature pigs, birds, etc. And because it is the very presence of the pet that helps you, the animal doesn't require any training. That means an ESA can be a new puppy, kitten, or other species that may otherwise seem untrainable (like a snake).

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