[mscat]

I have a yorkie that is a service dog. For psychatrict disabilites. When I was in the hospital and had to have many surgries, she never, ever left my side after I came home. I could not hardly move when I got home, and still my sweet little Suzi stayed there right next to me. It was amazing that she knew instinctly I was not well. Antime I have a scratch or any mark on my body Suzi comes to me and will lick my scratch for about 15 minutes. She was not trained for this , but does it all the time. I do have a note from my Psychatrist to have her here , because my apt. complex does not allow dogs. But a service dog is considered a working dog, and follows the guidelines of the ADA . My autistic son also benifits from Suzi. Suzi now will not sleep anywhere but with him . She will whine and scratch on his door to be with him. I think she is either use to being near him, or knows that he needs the extra support to be able to get a good nights rest.
Suzi is on the hyperactive side, and extremely protective of both my son and I. So it is hard to take her out to public places. We also have anther service dog, who is a shih tzu. Now she is also considered a psychatric service dog. And has a much more calmer temperment. And easier to work with. She foloows me everywhere , and barks when the alarm clock goes off every morning, due to me not hearing it because of the heavy medications I take. Wakes up my son every morning for school. He has to catch the bus by 6:30 every am. Because he goes to a special school that is out of town.
I do have permission for both these dogs to be with us as service/working dogs. I have a service dog cape with patches on it, saying service dog , and has the propper idenification to allow her to go with us. I am a pretty much recluse, and can have great anxiety , among other things that the dogs pick up on. Having them near me, helps me get up when I still am asleep at 2pm, and alarms me when my son's school bus is here. Although both are small toy breed dogs, they certainly are very good as service dogs to both my son and I. I am always amazed just how much they can pick up on our emotions , and never leaving our side . Always, their is at least one of them right next to us, no matter what we are doing.