I know there is someone here on YT that has a dog that alerts when her glucose is low. I love that ability & I think that her dog is performing a specific task as a service dog, even if he/she started doing it all on it's own. That could mean the difference in a brittle diabetic being able to live alone as opposed to having to always have someone around.
I met a kiddo recently who was a quadraplegic-limited use of arms, none of legs. He was a big kid-like 200 lbs. His service dog was 1/2 lab, 1/2 Great Dane because his mom told me that he had to have a dog big enough to pull him up when he fell out of his wheelchair.
I love the idea of service dogs/alert dogs as well as emotional support dogs & I think it is a crying shame that people get a "certification" just so they can take their dog everywhere. Like someone else said, I have carried Huey into a bunch of places that are not "dog friendly" and have not been kicked out yet! |