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Do I Qualify for a Service Dog or an ESA?
For those wondering what disabilities qualify for individual assistance animals, it can be hard to determine which kind would offer the best in terms of service and companionship. Service animals and emotional support animals can get confusing from time to time. Here is a basic outline of what the similarities and differences are between service […]
Can I Take A Service Dog Into Work?
In 1990 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became a law to protect the rights of disabled individuals from facing discrimination. Before The Americans With Disabilities Act, Employers could refuse to hire an individual just because they had a disability. This ability to discriminate based on an individuals disability meant that regardless of an individuals […]
Can I take my service dog into the movie theater?
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), service dogs must be allowed to accompany their handlers anywhere the general public is allowed to go, including movie theaters. According to the ADA “Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.” Service dogs perform specific […]
are there any restrictions on “how much an emotional support dog will cost” or financial assistance and where is the best place to adopt an emotional support dog?
My mother in law got her ESA, Mac, at our local shelter. He cost a little over $100. He was neutered, vaccinated, micro chipped, and was given 2 free vet visits, 6 months free pet insurance, and a year pass to our local dog park. He was an an abandoned 8 week old beagle puppy that had to have his front right leg amputated due to a severe break that could not be fixed. My mother in law has COPD and is prone to severe anxiety attacks that would almost always end in her being intubated and a week long hospital stay. It’s been 8 months and not one hospital stay.
I suffer from severe anxiety and have thought about getting an ESD but I am still in school. Am I allowed to take a support dog into school?
With experience from my college, it let me have my dog on campus housing but I wasn’t allowed to take it to classes with me. So check with the disability services at your school, they will have the specific answers for you.
How old does your dog must be to become an Esa pet?
There is no age requirement for a dog to be an ESA pet.
Does my dog have to be neutered to stay with me even thou the complex requires it?
I would say I’d yes. Disabled have rights. They have a right to allow you not a “pet” … … it’s now your support. Educate them. Perhaps you are smarter than they are m.
I have anxiety, but I have medications for it and want to stop taking it so how do i tell my counselor i think i might need a therapy dog?
Just say”I think esd will work better than the meds you give me.”.
Be honest. I’ve been there. Please! Back off if it’s too much.
Is it required to own the dog before you get your ESA letter? I’m thinking about adopting a companion dog and getting an ESA letter for my housing, but I don’t have the dog yet. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Are we allowed to bring them into our school? Because i suffer from anxiety,deporession,bipolar,and for physical things its probably anger…and dogs have always been a comfort zone to me they let me know they are there and they seem to be very attracted to me as i do to them…and i have a whole history with dogs and many ups and downs. Will i be allowed to bring my ESD(Emotional Support Dog) into school with me?
My daughter has the same issues. She brings her esa animal with to high school with vest that says working dog and the other students respect that. It is in school records.
👍amazing. I’m glad to hear that👍
Looking for a emotional support dog for my daughter. She has been labeled with severe emotional disregulation.
She may also have PTSD. She suffered a brain injury when she was very very
One of the best things you can do. I had severe issues as a child growing up. I am now 45. I listened to my only daughter when she wanted a kitten. Listening to a persons heart is beyond measure. Moms have that that ability. Never over think. Go with it.
How old do they have to be?
Are they allowed to go to school with your kid in middle school?
We have a neighbor who esd is aggressive. When someone walks by their home the dog barks and comes running. And the owners are outside. The dog is usually on a lead too long where the dog can reach the road. I was almost bitten once but moved quick enough to get out of harms way. Should this dog’s desiganation of an esd be taken away?
Per the stated requirements for ESD’s, they must be well behaved, not aggressive, and under the owners control at all times. I suppose it’s possible that your neighbors dog doesn’t behave as you described while in public? I have doubts about that though. Based on your description, it sounds like this dog shouldn’t be an ESD? There has been an increasing trend of pets being registered as ESD’s simply to take advantage of the benefits they receive.
Im in las vegas and they want all dogs neutered. If my JRT was a registered ESD would I be allowed to keep here unaltered?
I have a pitbull and live in independence where they are ban if I register her as an emotional support dog can I keep her? She has been through so much with me!
Emotional support animal laws overrule local government breed restrictions.
I already have an emotional support animal, and am looking to adopt another. Do I need to get a second letter from my therapist? Or will the first be okay since it has not expired?
Can an ESA overrule a city ordinance on certain therapy animals?
Delta AirLine is telling me I cant bring my 7 month old 50lb Staffordshire Terrier on there plane because he is a “pitbull” breed he has all his registrations and a ESA is this legal and is there any way around it. They have no problem with my Belgium Malanois but with my (so mean) pitbull that they have never seen… should I hire an attorney?
Does a emotional support dog need to be fixed in order to be accepted???
It says markets and all but like can my dog go with me where food is not sold bc I have bad anxiety and ptsd and depression from family issues and my mom passing and get flashbacks randomly and my dog is the only one that I trust and can able to help me bounce back from them
We are a HOA and one of our residents has a ESD that we allow. To our dismay, she now has another dog. She doesn’t have any physical disabilities that we are aware of and leaves both animals alone at home all day while she goes to work. If these dogs are a true ESD shouldn’t they be with her at all times, or at least most of the time? It seems to me that she’s stretching the law just to have a dog. Is there a separate definition of an Emotional Support Dog and a Service Dog? Your comment please.