...and registration for Service Dogs Dessie Marek UMUC Abstract In today’s evolving society, there is more mobility that ever for people with disabilities. One of the things that allows this to happen is the use of service animals. Problems however arise when people try to cheat the system. Attempts to pass off pets as service animals, improperly trained animals, and businesses with lack of knowledge on laws all contribute to ongoing frustrations. The need for a centralized training standard as well as government registration and regulation of service animals is clear and immediate. If standards can be established within breeding clubs for “Good Citizen” training, then it can be done for service dogs. Then, once they are trained to standard, there is no reason an official registration system cannot be implemented. The simple act of giving an official ID to actual service dogs would alleviate the stress from business owners as well as handlers. It really is just common sense. Centralized training and registration for Service Dogs Disabilities can be life changing and world altering circumstances. For many people becoming disabled meant living a lesser life, that is until they discovered service dogs. In the united states more and more uses are being found for service dogs every day. This of course leads to frauds and problems. How do they deal with it all? Easy! There needs to be a centralized standard of training and registration system for all service animals in the united...
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...INFORMATION ON SERVICE DOGS Modified from information provided by http://www.deltasociety.org/page.aspx?pid=303 What Is a Service Dog (Animal)? According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, 1990), a dog is considered a "service dog" if it has been "individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability." Also according to the ADA, a 'disability' is a "mental or physical condition which substantially limits a major life activity" such as: • caring for one's self and assisting with routine tasks of daily living • performing manual tasks so people with disabilities can enjoy and participate in their community • walking and providing balance and ballast to protect their partner from harm caused by falls • seeing and guiding their partner as they go about daily community life • hearing and alerting their partner to sounds ie: people’s voices, fire alarms, or other emergencies • speaking by delivering written notes when a partner is unable to communicate verbally • breathing by alerting their partner to allergens causing anaphylactic shock ie: peanuts • learning: many Service Dogs empower their partner to attend school and gain experience to work • working: many Service Dogs empower their partner to be able to work and become independent • as well as some disabilities that may not be visible, such as: deafness, autism spectrum, heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy, allergies,...
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...full-access service dogs and skilled companion dogs. EAC performs intensive training called "team training." The purpose of team training is to select best match for each diabetic and dog while providing important training for the diabetic partner and dog. At this time team partners start to build a strong bond. Full Access Service Dogs are trained and placed with diabetic adults and children age 12 and up. These dogs are well trained diabetic alert dogs and attend work, school, shopping, running errands, even flying on airplanes with their diabetic partners. These dogs are considered certified service dogs and can legally accompany their diabetic partners anywhere the general public is allowed. Access Service Dogs are perfect for people who can commit to having a dog with them all hours of the day. Skilled Companion Alert...
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...disabilities are given medication and regular therapy to help them improve their daily lives. For some, however, this is not enough. Service dogs are animals specifically trained to aid their disabled owners in their everyday lives. Service dogs are a common type of professional working dog and have several branches/classifications. Each classification is trained to preform specific tasks and are given different privileges/rights when it comes to public access. A service animal preforms specific tasks or provides aid in another form to their disabled owner while other professional working dogs are focused on aiding non-disabled persons (Watson par 7). It is extremely important for the...
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...and we also support our military troop. But is enough being done for our veterans after they leave the service? What about those who become disabled after the fact? If I were to given a million dollars for a serving project, I would use that money to give emotional support and service dogs to veterans with disabilities. Dog are considered man’s best friend, and for the veterans returning from difficult situations and have some type of physical or mental disability by having a companion by their side would have a much more positive impact on their lives. In order to start my projects I would first reach out animal shelters and rescue clinics and let them know of this program I am starting, promptly named “Heroes Companions”. Being able to reach out to shelters and have them take part in the program by allowing their sheltered dogs to train as service animals it would give not only the benefit of having a working service dog for the veterans but would be able to allow for dogs that have no home to get adopted by a caring family. The money I would be given would be used in obtaining adoption...
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...In order to become a service dog owner, there are multiple requirements needed not only for the owner itself, but also for the dog. The owner must be aware of the public education that the dog needs, the legal rights that are needed for the owner and dog. The requirements that are needed, and lastly the history of the service dog. Service dogs were developed after World War 1. A school in Germany trained German Shepherds to guide blinded veterans of the war. However, the school did not stay in existence for very long. Dorothy Harrison Eustis was a wealthy Philadelphian who experimented with the training of the German Shepherds as working dogs. She advanced the modern dog guide movement in the United States. Morris Frank was the first American...
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...A spirit animal is an animal whose qualities jive with a particular individual. Its characteristics can define who someone is, the animal that lives inside. Now that I have begun to mature, I have discovered certain traits about myself, that is prominent to others. One’s personality is the basis for the match up. A service dog is my spirit animal because I am always available to help people during the battles they are fighting. A service dog is my spirit animal because I am constantly up to aid anyone who is in need of a second hand. My daily goal is to make someone else’s twenty-four hours better in any kind of way. No matter who they are; a stranger, acquaintance, classmate, teacher, a close friend, relative, anyone. I feel as if it is...
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...Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Growing up my father would always remind me to be grateful and recite this quote to my family. To show I am thankful for my good health, I have decided that for my CBSL I would like to train a service dog. My family has struggled with poor eyesight so I would like to help by adopting a Golden Retriever and train him or her to assist someone either within my family or outside of my family. The target group for my project will be the disabled and handicap. More specifically, these people will be struggling with eyesight issues. Many people have poor eyesight or another form of a disability, making my target group many people. My hope is that this service dog will be able to work well as a seeing eye dog. There are a large amount of people that I personally know that are in need of a seeing eye dog. This dog will go to someone that has poor eyesight and help them perform their day to day actions. Fortunately, I have the support of my family to adopt and train a dog to change someone's life for the...
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...I saw something interesting today on one of the boards. Someone posted that they don't think that Poodles should be service dogs. I had to read that twice. I was trying to figure out why this poster thought that, then I remembered I wasn't a fan in the beginning either. Before needing a service dog I was a cat person, though I had recently bought a dog that won my heart. He was my first SD. His career was short lived due to me not protecting him and making sure small children did not attack him. He was tackled in a grocery store, did not react and finished his day out. The next day he began spinning out when people came up behind him. I contacted my trainer to problem solve and that's when she informed me that a placement did not work...
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...An estimate of about 100,000 to 200,000 task trained service dogs are in the U.S. based on Service Dog Central, but there are many more untrained dogs posing as certified service dogs to seek advantages. According to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), a service animal is any dog, or a miniature horse in some occasions, that is trained to perform specific tasks to assist people with physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disabilities. Service animals have the right to access public areas as they accompany people with disabilities. However, ordinary pets can be easily registered as service animals no matter they have documentation to perform tasks or not and enjoy all the privileges of the properly trained service animals....
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...Dogs are those kinds of animals who have supernatural ability to determine if we feel sad or stress, happy or angry, and instead of staying away from it or ignore it, they look more attracted to it. Dogs do not keep notes and they are good listeners, and they help humans in many ways that humans themselves fail to do so. Dogs have the ability to connect to humans on emotional and spiritual levels. Now we can find dogs in everywhere, in hospitals, airports, police departments and schools, and they refer to us as service dogs. Comfort dogs and search and rescue dogs are two kinds of service dogs that I will write about, and I will focus on three main points in my discussion which is the differences and similarities between these two kinds, the purpose of each one them, the importance of the job for both of them....
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...Dogs in human history have a long and fascinating journey. They started off as protection for wolf domestification, then for work and now for friendship.A dog is a man’s best friend. This has led to the belief that dogs can provide company, affection and support to people who are going through a difficult time or who feel lonely or depressed. This led to the development of therapy dogs, they were provided to people living in retirement homes, nursing homes and even in hospitals. They are also in schools and educational centers as an assist to children who have difficulties learning. From the first therapy dog known, smoky, therapy dogs have evolved over the years, therapy dogs now also serve as service dogs, helping people with autism and PTSD. Therapy dogs help children to become better readers by being a good listener. One of the illnesses that dog therapy has...
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...Resource Links Wounded Warrior Resource Center The Wounded Warrior Resource Center Web site (WWRC) is a Department of Defense Web site which provides wounded Service Members, their families, and caregivers with information they need on military facilities, health care services, and benefits. It supports access to the Wounded Warrior Resource Call Center and trained specialists who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at 1-800-342-9647 or by e-mail at wwrc@militaryonesource.com. Advocacy/Support - Disabled American Veterans* www.dav.org The DAV’s 1.2 million members provide grassroots advocacy and services in communities nationwide. From educating lawmakers and the public about important issues to supporting services and legislation to help disabled veterans — the DAV is there to promote its message of hope to all who have served and sacrificed. Advocacy/Support - National Veterans Foundation* www.nvf.org Our Mission: to serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of all U.S. Veterans and their families through: * Management and operation of the nation’s only toll-free helpline for all veterans and their families. * Public awareness programs that shine a consistent spotlight on the needs of America’s veterans. * Outreach services that provide veterans and families in need with food, clothing, transportation, employment, and other essential resources. Advocacy/Support - Salute Inc.* www.saluteinc.org SALUTE, Inc. is a...
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...place quality service dogs and further educate the public about the use of service dogs in public places worldwide. You can help make dreams come true through financial donations and sponsorships to aid in training, medical care, food, training equipment and the construction of the state of the art training facility, dog kennels and breeding facilities. The story behind the creation of 4 Paws for Ability is heartfelt yet driven by personal experience! In 1987, Karen Shirk was a full-time college student. Her studies consisted of social work while she was working full-time with the mentally handicapped. During this time, Karen was suffering respiratory issues and symptoms...
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... Phantastic Dog Grooming Enter the business name Cleanliness is DOG-liness Enter tag line if any Insert your logo BUSINESS PLAN Business Plan Prepared By P.T. Enter your full name Groomer and Consultant Enter your title Phantastic Dog Grooming Enter the company name XXX Oceanside Avenue Enter the company address Oceanside, CA 92057 Enter city, state, and zip code 760-509-4845 Enter the phone/fax number(s) phantasticcleandog@gmail.com Enter your e-mail and Web addresses Date Prepared Enter month and year June 18, 2012 Table of Contents Action Step 10.3 (table of contents) The page numbers on the table of contents are inserted automatically but need to be updated as you add to your plan. Click on the page number, or select all page numbers, and press F9 to update. Updating the Table of Contents will eliminate the hidden links to the Action Steps and any formatting you have added. After you update the TOC automatically, you may want to format the type so it looks as you prefer. Executive Summary 1 Management and Organization Plan 2 Legal Form of Business 2 Management Team 2 Board of Directors/Advisory Board 2 Recruitment and Selection of Employees 2 Compensation and Ownership 2 Employee Reward and Incentive Plan 2 Communication 2 Infrastructure 2 Product / Service Plan 3 Purpose of Product/Service 3 Features and Benefits 3 Stage of Development 3 Product/Service Limitations 3 ...
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