[ SHOWGSD-L ] More on Service Dogs

  • From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <sophoclesajax@xxxxxxxxx>, <arcturusgermanshepherds@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:13:36 -0800

We have two Service dogs in service right now.
The brother to our CH.Mar Haven's Last Cowboy Song HSAS is an amazing
service
dog...We had kept him to show and someone came to learn about GSD as she was
considering switching from Doberman's.   She fell in love with him  ( RODEO
)
and he with her to the point of tears...and in tears I let him go.
A trainer worked with him 2 weeks and then she took over.  Within 3 months
he
was doing all required of him in picking up what she dropped...alerting her
husband to seizures, stopping and bracing her before her walking faltered,
etc.
AND within 6 months he had ridden in the ambulance with her, been in ICU
with 
her....flew to N.Y. to see Specialists and been to the theatre and
everywhere
in New York.   Being a BIG dog  ( she is quite tall ) he was trained to get
out
of the way under things instead of laying at her feet. The only problem he
EVER 
had was when he got under the seat in front of her at the Theatre...when the

person in the seat stood up it slammed down and jammed him and it took a
minute 
to get him out.   <G>
The other one is with a woman that had served our Country in Viet Nam...and
she
has serious PTS....the dog has literally saved her life.   Just ONE of the
things 
she is supposed to do is ALERT the owner just before she gets stressed...and
GUIDE
her out of really LOUD situations that cause her to 'go back' to noises of
war.
In other words....these dogs MUST handle all kinds of noise!!
They cannot 'bail' on their owner physically or mentally because of any
situation
or noise.   Sound shy is not acceptable for any working dog.  They are
tested for
that even as Guide Dogs.   

Carolyn  marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com

]On Behalf Of Cindy
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Service Dogs

*While Service Dogs do indeed do many physical things for people,  you
needto remember there are also Emotional Support Dogs too.  Some are used
forreturning veterans who have Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome,  and
otherpeople of course, with a variety of issues.*
There are Service Dogs for persons with psychiatric disabilities and there
are "Emotional Support Dogs" for persons with psychiatric conditions
(disabling or that do not rise to the level of disabling). There is
absolutely no right afforded to people  with Emotional Support Dogs under
the ADA, which governs places of public accommodation.

There are additional rights granted to persons with Emotional Support or
comfort dogs under the Air Carrier Access Act (governs in the air when you
fly) and under the Fair Housing Act (housing, apartments). These are
separate laws covering separate contexts that have nothing to do with each
other.

Serving as an "icebreaker" does not constitute legally a service dog task
and does not qualify a dog as a service dog. Neither does simply its
presence providing comfort to a person experiencing anxiety, etc. The
federal government has been quite clear about this, and has written
guidance available on the Department of Justice website addressing this.

A service dog task is one that is individually task trained to mitigate a
disability, is not a natural behavior for the dog, and must directly relate
to the person's specific disability. Once again, www.iaadp.org provides
excellent guidance about what constitutes a trained service dog task and
what does not.



On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Sue Tomlinson <
arcturusgermanshepherds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> While Service Dogs do indeed do many physical things for people,  you need
> to remember there are also Emotional Support Dogs too.  Some are used for
> returning veterans who have Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome,  and other
> people of course, with a variety of issues.
>   One of the huge benefits to a service dog is its an "ice-breaker" .
Many
> people feel unsure what to say to someone who is disabled, but they can
> talk about the dog and feel on safe ground.
>
>

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