What is a Service Animal?
By Caden Giardino, Caleb Giardino and Vinny Glasso
By Caden Giardino, Caleb Giardino and Vinny Glasso
A service animal is a certain trained animal for a certain type of need. These animals are trained in order to fulfill the task(s) that the owner can not or no longer preform.
Do Service Animals Have to be Leashed?
A service animal must have a harness, leash or other tether, unless the handler is unable to use a tether or harness because of a disability or the use of a tether would interfere with the service animal's ability to safely perform its work or tasks.
What Tasks Can Service Animals Do?
Service animals can perform multiple tasks. Here are some examples:
Visual impairment, hearing impairments, mental illnesses (such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)), seizure disorder, mobility impairment, and diabetes.
Source: By Zipster969, pawsitivityservicedogs.com - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28331491
Source: By Zipster969, pawsitivityservicedogs.com - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28331491
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