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Originally Posted by minniemn There is a HUGE difference between a Therapy Dog and a Service Dog... these two terms can not be used interchangeable (sp)
A therapy dog is usually brought into nursing homes and hospitals and is a type "therapy" for people in those places.... you know to bring a smile to their day... ect, help calm anxieties ect (these animals are not just let into anyplace the owner wants to take them) help with depression ect.
A service dog provides a service to people, you know like, opening a fridge for someone, leading the blind, picking up a dropped item, alerting a person that they are going to have a seizure... they are for the DISABLED, not the ABLED person who wants to bring their dog everywhere. Service Dogs are allowed everywhere the DISABLED PERSON goes... this is NOT TRUE for Therapy dogs.
A small yorkie would be GREAT for a THERAPY dog, but lets be honest here, do you really think a very small yorkie can open the fridge, lead the blind, pick up dropped items????????
If I may be so bold, I believe this thread was started because the bait was not taken in the other thread.... but the poster went a tad further in this thread and started calling names (but then deleted them) to make sure the bait was taken.... I guess I would be embarassed also if I were you. |
Well, thanks at least for all but the last paragraph. I was hoping for a serious discussion of the issue of Yorkies as therapy dogs.
While a small Yorkie might be great for a therapy dog, a larger Yorkie would be perfect for a service dog. I'm on a training list where a great gal who has recently become paraplegic is training a 5-lb Papillion (sp?) for all types of service work. I can't remember how old the Pap is, but they started when he was just about 12 weeks old.
I really wish you wouldn't have been so bold as to speculate on why this thread was started. Up until then, it was such a great post.
CJ