Does anyone know if 'service' animals and 'therapy' animals are considered the same? I really want to have Mia & Max get trained for therapy. My FIL had parkinson's and really had no love for animals before, but when he got bad, he had an imaginary 'cat'. Obviously, was one of my persians that he had had quite a disdain for in 'real life', but he would get down on the floor, call this ones name and play with the imaginary cat.
My Mother had alzheimers and we had a similar experience. I would love to be able to bring them into nursing homes/hospitals for the elderly as they are small and most that we've encountered in both are large dogs.
Any suggestions?
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